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Views of home
Intriguing and inspiring perspectives of our home planet from spacecraft cameras looking back at Earth.
March 7, 2018
Melting permafrost might unleash carbon within decades
Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic will thaw enough to become a permanent source of carbon to the atmosphere in this century, says a study.
March 7, 2018
Wildfires will likely get worse in western North America
A new study projects increases in burning across the U.S. West and Canada. It suggests large fires - such those we've seen recently in California - may become more common.
March 5, 2018
Almost-real-time map of global fishing
"Until now we didn’t really know where people were fishing in vast swaths of the ocean …"
March 2, 2018
How naked mole rats stay cancer-free
Another piece in the puzzle of how these wrinkled, hairless, buck-toothed creatures live such long and cancer-free lives.
February 28, 2018
Drought worsens across US Southwest, southern Plains
A lack of precipitation across the southern and western United States has led to growing drought this winter.
February 24, 2018
Watch an octopus get spiky
Octopuses and cuttlefish have an amazing defense tactic. They can erect 3D spikes from their skin, hold them for an hour, then retract them and swim away.
February 23, 2018
Violent blasts from Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano
Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted violently on February 19, 2018. See video of the dramatic first moments of the eruption.
February 21, 2018
Where narwhals like to hang out
Narwhals are among the ocean's most elusive creatures. But new research may shed light on where these enigmatic marine mammals like to congregate.
February 18, 2018
New study: Sea level rise accelerating
Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.
February 16, 2018
