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Today, the unique water resource management challenges of the western US, amplified by population growth, changing weather patterns, and a rapidly expanding water- and energy-hungry tech sector, continue to drive innovative West-focused solutions, like NASA’s WesternWater Applications Office (WWAO).

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

After years of swinging extremes, state snowpack is at rare average of 110%, setting up good water savings account for year ahead.

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.

Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become the norm.

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.

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

Seasonal flow variability is decreasing as climate change alters Earth’s systems, creating challenges for water management.

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean.

New research shows how snowpack loss due to moderate springtime heat can outweigh that of a record-shattering summer heat dome.