Earth Science

How is Earth changing?
How will our planet change in the future?
What is causing Earth’s changes?
How can we meet the challenges of global change?

NASA’s Earth science program strives to understand the Earth system, including its response to change, and to improve predictions of climate, weather, and natural hazards.

Earth Science Education and Public Outreach

Earth science education and public outreach programs pair the expertise of researchers and communicators to bring clarity to the complex and dynamic system we call Earth. Of all the worlds NASA has explored, Earth is the only one we know of that is capable of sustaining life. Helping the leaders of today and the decision-makers of tomorrow understand how the Earth system works and changes is vital for the responsible stewardship of our planet now and into the future.

Missions

• Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment
• AirMOSS
• Aqua
• Aquarius
• Aura
• CALIPSO
• CARVE
• CloudSat

• DISCOVER-AQ
• GRACE
• Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) 
• ICESat-2
• Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
• Ocean Surface Topography

• OCO-2
• SAGE III on ISS
• SMAP
• Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE)
• Terra

Earth Science E/PO Projects and Programs

• Building Climate Literacy for Informal Educators: Expanding the Earth to Sky Partnership
• Center for Earth and Climate Science Education
• Girl Scouts Earth Science Patch

• The GLOBE Program
• GLOBE at Langley
• MY NASA DATA
• NASA Climate Day/Eath Ambassadors
• NASA Know Your Earth Campaign

• NOVA Labs
• S’COOL: Student Cloud Observations On-Line
• Teaching Inquiry using NASA Earth System Science (TINES)

Acknowledgements: Data cited for individual mission and grant programs described on this website were originally provided via the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) Community Workspace (http://www.smdepo.org/page/5324).