A Double Whammy: Wildfire Debris Pollutes Drinking Water
As our climate changes, extreme wildfires are becoming the norm. They cover the ground with debris that can contaminate watersheds and drinking water supplies after a heavy rain.
Atmospheric Rivers Take Chunk Out of Drought
Nine atmospheric rivers dropped feet of rain and snow across California and the West Coast from late December to mid-January. The deluge caused deaths, landslides and flooding, but improved the drought situation across a large chunk of the western United States.
Whiplash weather: Learning From California’s Deadly Storms
How can communities better prepare for the dramatic swings between flood and drought that the western U.S. is experiencing?
NASA Earthdata Floods Toolkit
About 40% of the world's population live within 100 km of the coast, and floods affect more people than any other type of natural disaster. NASA's floods toolkit offers easy access to NASA Earth data that can help scientists and decision makers understand floods, respond to them, and map their impact.
NASA Measures Underground Water Flowing From Sierra to California's Central Valley
This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain.
NASA, Federal Agencies Declare 2023 the Year of Open Science
In an effort to incentivize open science, the White House, 12 federal agencies, and a coalition of more than 85 universities and other organizations have declared 2023 to be the Year of Open Science.
NASA-Related Effort Helping Ensure New York Water Quality
A new project involving Columbia University, New York City and NASA scientists will build a climate action plan to reduce the impact of climate change on New York's water supply, and ensure the agricultural sector continues to protect the city's water quality.
Storms Soak California
Unrelenting storms have inundated the state, delivering soil-saturating rain.
Flooding in California: What Went Wrong, What Comes Next
The recent devastating rains in California are unusual, but not unheard of. What does the flooding tell us within the broader context of climate change and disaster response?
NASA Makes Sense of Earth’s Subtle Motions
What can hidden motions underground tell us about groundwater, climate change, earthquakes and eruptions? NASA scientists are using data gathered 400 miles above Earth to find out.