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Reservoirs Dwindle in South Texas

2025.11.18

Drought in the Nueces River basin is reducing reservoir levels, leaving residents and industry in the Corpus Christi area facing water shortages.

Drought Worsens Across Northern New England

2025.09.27

In late September 2025, a continued lack of rainfall led to stunted vegetation, lowered water levels, and prompted early fall foliage.

Cooper Creek Replenishes Lake Eyre

2025.09.18

Another major tributary reached the Australian outback lake in 2025, extending the months-long flood of the vast, ephemeral inland sea.

NASA Data, Trainings Help Uruguay Navigate Drought

2025.09.10

NASA satellite data and trainings helped Uruguay create a drought-response tool that its National Water Authority now uses to monitor reservoirs and guide emergency decisions. A similar approach could be applied in the United States and other countries around the world.

Monsoon Rains Flood Pakistan

2025.09.10

Heavy rains and flooding across the country since June 2025 have displaced millions of people, devastated infrastructure, and submerged farmland.

Drought Parches the Yakima River Basin

2025.08.22

Farmers are facing the burden of dwindling reservoir water in this productive agricultural region of Washington state.

A Decade of Global Water Cycle Monitoring: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission

2025.08.18

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, launched in 2015, has over 10 years of global L-band radiometry observations.

Arizona’s Declining Groundwater

2025.07.21

Decades of satellite observations show that the aquifers in the southern part of the state are ailing.

NASA Aircraft, Sensor Technology, Aid in Texas Flood Recovery Efforts

2025.07.09

In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations. Additionally, the Disasters Program, which is part of NASA’s Earth Science Division, is working to produce maps and data to assess the location and severity of flooding in the region...

Western Mountain Snow Melts Fast and Early

2025.06.28

A warm and dry spring in the Pacific Northwest quickly depleted the seasonal snowpack, raising concern over summer water supplies and wildland fire risk.

NASA’s Hurricane Science, Tech, Data Help American Communities

2025.06.12

With the Atlantic hurricane season underway, NASA is again gearing up to produce cutting-edge research that strengthens the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to severe weather. From satellite imagery of our planet to improved storm modeling, the agency’s work supports communities in anticipating and reducing the impacts of hurricanes.

NASA's Curious Universe Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science

2025.05.20

NASA has a record of Earth observations going back more than 50 years. What might be in store for the next 50 years? In this finale of our Earth series, we hear from two scientists helping to chart the course of NASA Earth science.

Flooding Along the Mississippi

2025.04.09

A slow-moving storm system dumped heavy rain across the Midwest and Southeast and fueled major floods along several of the river’s tributaries.

A Year in Review: New Earth Discoveries in 2024

2025.03.18

Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program combines space, airborne, and ground-based observations with data processing from high-tech computer models and algorithms to uncover new things about the Earth. Explore some of our top discoveries of 2024.

How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth

2025.02.21

When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) launches in coming months, it will capture images of Earth’s surface so detailed they will show how much small plots of land and ice are moving, down to fractions of an inch.

NASA Scientists Find New Human-Caused Shifts in Global Water Cycle

2025.01.16

In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by activities such as agriculture and could have impacts on ecosystems and water management, especially in certain regions.

NASA Goddard Showcases Science and Technology at SC24 Conference

2024.12.19

SC24: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, held November 18–22 in Atlanta, Georgia, smashed all records with 18,104 attendees and 494 exhibits. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center contributed research projects, NASA 101 talks, and an Earth Information Center exhibit to NASA's popular exhibit.

Annual Science Conference to Highlight NASA Research

2024.12.06

NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9.

NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels

2024.11.15

From 2015 through 2023, satellite measurements showed that the average amount of freshwater stored on land — that includes liquid surface water like lakes and rivers, plus water in aquifers underground — was 290 cubic miles (1,200 cubic km) lower than the average levels from 2002 through 2014.