NASA’s AIRS Sees Polar Vortex Behind U.S. Big Chill
The chilling weather phenomenon that hit much of the U.S. in January is explained by scientist Eric Fetzer using data from NASA's AIRS instrument.
NASA: Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier Greenland entered accelerated retreat
Zachariæ Isstrøm has become the latest Greenland glacier to undergo rapid changes in a warming world.
NASA: Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall
A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.
NASA: Vast Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration
NASA has found that the last section of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf is likely to disintegrate before the end of the decade.
NASA: The Polar Jet Stream
Meandering around the planet like a rollicking roller coaster in the sky.
NASA: The Land Temperature Bell Curve Heat Up (1950-2020)
This visualization shows that as land temperatures have increased since 1950, hotter days have become more common and colder days have become less common.
NASA: The Future of Fires
With climate change, certain areas of the United States, like the great Plains and Upper Midwest, will be at a greater risk of burning by the end of the 21st-century.
NASA: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space.
NASA: Projected U.S. Temperature Changes by 2100
Current concentrations stand at 400 parts per million, and are rising faster than at any time in Earth's history.