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June 25, 2024

Groundwater Declines in U.S. Southwest

Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.

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May 21, 2024

Connecting Water Managers to NASA Earth Data

WWAO looks ahead to new Earth data and new relationships with decision makers.

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April 1, 2024

Improving Seasonal Water Predictions Using a Machine-Learning River Forecast System

A WWAO collaboration has published a new paper on how to use next-generation satellite snow data to improve seasonal water supply forecasts using machine learning.

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March 22, 2024

Snowstorm Coats the Rockies

A potent storm pushed snowpack levels above normal across Colorado.

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March 21, 2024

NASA Sees Spike in 2023 Sea Levels Due to El Niño

A long-term sea level dataset shows ocean surface heights continuing to rise at faster and faster rates over decades of observations.

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February 1, 2024

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.

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January 12, 2024

NASA Confirms 2023 as Warmest Year on Record

Global temperatures last year were around 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980).

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January 10, 2024

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.

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January 8, 2024

Colorful Swirls in the Gulf of Alaska

The burst of turquoise and tan hues in Alaskan waters is in stark contrast to the snowy shoreline.

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November 30, 2023

Bringing NASA's Water Data to Life

Google's immersive experience, "A Passage of Water", uses satellite data to illustrate how climate change is affecting Earth’s water cycle.