The Earth System Satellite Images help students observe and analyze global Earth and environmental data, understand the relationship among different environmental variables, and explore how the data change seasonally and over longer timescales.  

Phytoplankton distribution background information.

Earth is made up of five major parts or subsystems: the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, and Geosphere. Each major part is connected to the other parts in a complex web of processes.

Background information on sea level change.

What is the hydrosphere and why is it important?

Background information on ocean circulation.

Background information on the El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO.

Earth is a system of systems.

Explore the energy and matter cycles found within the Earth System. 

Hurricanes are the most powerful weather event on Earth. NASA’s expertise in space and scientific exploration contributes to essential services provided to the American people by other federal agencies, such as hurricane weather forecasting.