NASA satellites and sensors constantly take the pulse of our planet, measuring how Earth changes by the day, season, year, and decade. Researchers and resource managers analyze those measurements and apply them on local and regional scales to better manage things like our food and water supplies, health, safety, land use, and ecosystems. NASA data is also used by other government agencies to help with responses to natural disasters and emergencies around the country and the world.
Shifting rainfall patterns are projected to leave millions of people without consistent access to food in late 2023 and early 2024.
Published Oct 30, 2023A new system that draws upon active fire data from satellites is making it easier for scientists to track the spread of wildland fires in near real-time.
Published Oct 25, 2023Poor harvests stemming from a prolonged dry spell have exacerbated food insecurity in northeastern Uganda.
Published Oct 23, 2023With an El Niño brewing in the Pacific, uncontrolled fires are burning beneath the canopy in some parts of the rainforest.
Published Oct 19, 2023Indigenous people are protecting carbon-rich forests in South America, and satellites are helping.
Published Oct 9, 2023Cities and towns darkened after a cyclone unleashed torrential flooding along the country’s coast.
Published Sep 25, 2023Communities in the High Atlas Mountains were among the hardest hit after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused widespread damage.
Published Sep 20, 2023Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland’s tree-planting efforts.
Published Sep 7, 2023The hurricane rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Mexico, weakening only slightly before making landfall over Florida.
Published Aug 30, 2023Fueled by unusually warm waters, the hurricane is forecast to rapidly intensify before barreling into Florida.
Published Aug 29, 2023A new database details two decades of damage swaths left after winds and hail pulverize crops and vegetation.
Published Aug 23, 2023A detailed analysis of satellite data reveals the expansion of land that has been converted from forest to impermanent farmland.
Published Aug 21, 2023Strong winds and dry weather helped fuel destructive wildfires on Hawaii’s second-largest island.
Published Aug 10, 2023Following a slow start to the fire season, several blazes burned across the western U.S. in early August.
Published Aug 3, 2023After the breach of Kakhovka Dam and the flood that ensued, farmers in the area are coping with depleted water supplies.
Published Jul 27, 2023Wildfires broke out on Rhodes and other islands amid record heat, forcing thousands to evacuate.
Published Jul 25, 2023Plants are abundant along Baugh Creek, thanks to the ponded water from beaver dams.
Published Jul 24, 2023Observations made by NASA’s newest storm-watching satellites captured the evolution of Hurricane Adrian’s structure as the storm strengthened.
Published Jul 21, 2023Satellite data show wetlands in Spain desiccated by demands on groundwater and persistent drought.
Published Jun 26, 2023Prolonged drought in Kansas set the stage for what may be one of the state’s smallest wheat harvests in decades.
Published Jun 22, 2023Data from winter 2022-2023 show the greatest net gain of water in nearly 22 years, but groundwater levels still suffer from years of drought.
Published Jun 10, 2023Shasta Lake refilled in spring 2023 after a season of heavy rain and snowmelt.
Published Jun 7, 2023Blooms of the plant-like organisms near coastal areas have become more frequent in the 21st century.
Published May 30, 2023Fieldwork in interior Alaska aimed to identify when evergreen trees resumed growth and started taking up carbon.
Published May 27, 2023Lights have been steadily returning to southeast Türkiye after deadly earthquakes triggered power outages in February 2023.
Published May 15, 2023Flooding in the California lakebed continues to spread as spring brings snowmelt from the Sierras.
Published May 4, 2023Hunger is on the rise in Malawi after the tropical cyclone devastated crops in the southern part of the country.
Published May 3, 2023Heat and drought have parched reservoirs in northeastern Spain.
Published Apr 26, 2023Atmospheric rivers delivered a huge amount of snow to the California mountain range.
Published Apr 19, 2023Water overtopped the banks of the Shabelle and Juba rivers, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia and Somalia.
Published Apr 14, 2023