Chesapeake Bay health grade dips after hottest year on record and extreme rainfall patterns
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary ...
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NASA’s TROPICS Mission: Offering Detailed Images and Analysis of Tropical Cyclones
Introduction Tropical cyclones represent a danger to life, property, and the economies of communities. Researchers who study tropical cyclones have ...
Read moreDetailsJack Kaye Retires After a Storied Career at NASA
Jack Kaye has decided to retire on April 30, 2025, following 42 years of service to NASA – see Photo ...
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The Mysterious Green Flash at Sunset – The Science Behind the Myth and Where to See It todayheadline
Key Takeaways on the Green Flash: The green flash is a rare, brief optical event of green, yellow, and sometimes ...
Read moreDetailsNASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in Microgravity
The NASA Science Activation program's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer Intern Program, hosted ...
Read moreDetailsSummary of the 2024 SAGE III/ISS Meeting
Introduction The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III/International Space Station Science Team Meeting (STM) took place on October 22–23, ...
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A Hydrothermal System May Have Helped Life Recover After Chicxulub Impactor todayheadline
A cataclysmic asteroid collision may not sound like the starting place for life. But 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub ...
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Ash-Rich Volcanic Eruptions Change Icy Clouds, Regulating Radiation on Earth todayheadline
Although volcanic eruptions are mostly known for their devastating impacts on land, they also influence the atmosphere in surprising ways. ...
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Deep-Sea Deposits of Amber May Document Massive 116-Million-Year-Old Tsunamis todayheadline
It’s difficult to pin the destruction of a tsunami to a tsunami — that is, unless someone was around to ...
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Could Earth Develop Its Own Consciousness? The Gaia Hypothesis Offers an Unorthodox Answer todayheadline
Earth has been home to life for billions of years, but could the planet itself be considered a living thing? ...
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