Biodiversity Beneath Our Feet
Increasing attention is being paid to soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. A UN report highlights how critical soil organisms are, and how soil biodiversity can offer solutions to today's global threats.
International SWOT Satellite Spots Planet-Rumbling Greenland Tsunami
Data from space shows water tilting up toward the north side of the Dickson Fjord as it sloshed from south to north and back every 90 seconds for nine days after a 2023 rockslide.
California Makes Progress to Ensure Healthy Rivers and Landscapes
California is advancing restoration projects, streamflows for native fisheries, and a science plan in the state’s ongoing commitment to establishing and maintaining the health of our Sacramento River and Bay-Delta waterways and landscapes.
California Zombie Lake Turned Farmland to Water. Is it now Gone for Good?
Resurrected for the first time in decades by an epic deluge of winter rain and snow, by spring the lake covered more than 100,000 acres, stretching over cotton, tomato and pistachio fields and miles of roads.
SWOT Observes Coastal Flooding
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean.
Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates
Rapid declines are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California, the most extensive analysis of groundwater trends so far shows.
US-Indian Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Changing Frozen Regions
NISAR, the soon-to-launch radar satellite from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation, will track changes in wetlands as well as other Earth vital signs.
A Dusting of Snow on Hawaii’s Tallest Peaks
Snow lingered on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa after a storm brought copious precipitation to the island chain.
Malaspina Glacier in a Riot of Color
Beautiful color palette reveals the features of an iconic glacial landscape in southeastern Alaska.
Idaho’s Potato Belt
Almost one-third of American potatoes are grown in the Snake River Plain, a belt of low-lying land in the southern part of the state.