Climate Science

9 reports
Climate Science studies long-term change in the atmosphere, oceans, ice, land, and carbon cycle using observations and models. Current understanding relies on climate observations, carbon cycle, and cryosphere change, with uncertainty tracked across measurement, classification, and reconstruction.

Atmospheric dynamics, paleoclimate records, and Earth system models provide separate checks. Together they examine which uncertainties remain and how human influence is attributed, showing how sparse measurements or incomplete records limit certainty.

NASA's SARP Students Launch Ozone Sensors in Gulf Coast Field Campaign

Undergraduates in NASA's Student Airborne Research Program deployed ozonesonde balloons and flew on science aircraft to collect atmospheric data over the Texas Gulf Coast, gaining hands-on experience with field instruments and satellite validation

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Satellite Images Reveal Penguin Diet Shifts on Antarctica's Danger Islands

NASA's Landsat 8 satellite and drone surveys have enabled researchers to monitor Adélie penguin colonies on the Danger Islands by analyzing the color of their guano, offering new insight into how changing sea ice may affect Antarctic food webs

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July's Buck Moon Captured Worldwide Amid Wildfires and Atmospheric Haze

Astronomers and photographers documented the July Buck Moon on July 29, 2026, as it rose through wildfire smoke and atmospheric haze, producing striking images across multiple continents and urban skylines

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NISAR Satellite Data Reveals Antarctic Ice Fractures in Unprecedented Detail

NASA and ISRO have begun releasing data from the NISAR satellite's dual radar systems, offering researchers new insights into the movement and structure of Antarctic ice and other dynamic Earth surfaces

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Climate Research Progress and Challenges Since 2022

A multidisciplinary journal launched in 2022 has published over 270 studies on climate variability, risk, and mitigation. Experts now assess how the field has evolved and what scientific and technical barriers remain

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NASA Prepares Six New Airborne Missions to Study Earth's Extremes

NASA is launching a new series of suborbital missions using aircraft, drones, and remote sensors to investigate wildfires, air quality, glacier retreat, and landslides, aiming to improve scientific understanding of rapid environmental change

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MIT tool models climate risks for renewable energy grid planning

A new MIT framework simulates how future climate conditions could affect renewable energy infrastructure, revealing that siting decisions based on outdated weather data may increase grid failures as demand and extreme weather rise

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NOAA-21 Satellite Captures Canada Wildfire Smoke Spanning Continents

A NOAA-21 satellite image from July 14, 2026, reveals vast smoke plumes from over 850 wildfires in Canada, with thick haze drifting into the northeastern United States and raising air quality concerns across borders.

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Glaciers Observed Flowing Down the Himalayas from Space

A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured detailed images of glaciers moving across the Himalayas, providing a rare perspective on the scale and dynamics of these ice flows as they descend toward the Tibetan Plateau

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