What’s Worse Than a Flood? A Debris Flow
While flood flows are dominated by water, debris flows are a slurry of a lot of things, including boulders.
Improving Salmon Habitat and Maintaining Hydroelectric Production in the Columbia River
Without more cool places for migrating salmon to rest as they move through the river, these iconic species could go extinct in the Columbia in as little as two decades.
Climate Change Weakening River Seasonality in North
Seasonal flow variability is decreasing as climate change alters Earth’s systems, creating challenges for water management.
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.
California Water Department Completes First Phase of Innovative Groundwater Mapping Program
State-of-the-art helicopter-based technology and local coordination improve management of our underground water supply.
New NASA Training on Using Machine Learning to Help Build Agriculture Solutions
Remote-sensing data is becoming crucial to solve some of the most important environmental problems, especially those related to agricultural applications and food security.
U.S. Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.
In a Warming World, Climate Scientists Consider Category 6 Hurricanes
Are five hurricane categories enough in a warming world witnessing increasingly extreme events?
OpenET Study Helps Water Managers and Farmers Put NASA Data to Work
As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water management has passed a critical test.
Groundwater Is Declining Globally, But With Hopeful Exceptions
The most detailed global look at groundwater shows much loss but also stories of success in restoring some aquifers.