This Arizona national park was founded to protect the saguaro cactus, a keystone species of the Sonoran Desert and an iconic symbol of the Southwest, where the climate is becoming warmer and drier.

The Libyan Desert is often cited as a Mars analogue.

Three extreme rainy seasons in a row have pushed rivers and wetlands to heights not seen in decades.

NASA will launch four Earth science missions in 2022 to provide scientists with more information about fundamental climate systems.

NASA has the world’s largest Earth observing fleet and has an uninterrupted record and observed evidence of climate change. Increased greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. Trapped atmospheric greenhouse gases warm the planet – our land, ocean, and atmosphere. Most of the global... Read More

This coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and bring drought to others.

The nearly 1,000-meter-tall volcano in the South Sandwich Islands frequently finds a way to put on a show.

Observations from research aircraft show that the Southern Ocean absorbs much more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases, confirming it is a very strong carbon sink and an important buffer for the effects of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new, NASA-supported study.

An air quality sensor that will dramatically improve the way scientists measure air pollution over North America has been joined with its satellite host.

Strong tides create laminar and turbulent flow patterns in waters off far eastern Russia.

Momijiari can last into early December in the country’s southern regions.

Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing are symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks in Central Java.

The oldest desert on Earth also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.

Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England, share a historical connection even older than the first Thanksgiving.