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.
NASA research finds that a combination of windblown dust and human-caused particle pollution was associated with nearly 3 million premature deaths in 2019.
Published Mar 17, 2023
A team of scientists mapped nitrogen dioxide in California’s air at the neighborhood scale and found hotspots of the air pollutant near high-rise buildings and food processing facilities.
Published Mar 7, 2023
After torrential rains, satellite images revealed widespread landslides in the Brazilian state’s coastal municipality of São Sebastião.
Published Mar 4, 2023
In the days after strong earthquakes struck Türkiye, significant destruction left many areas without electric power.
Published Feb 24, 2023
Some towns and farmland were flooded after powerful earthquakes and heavy rains struck areas of Türkiye and Syria.
Published Feb 23, 2023
Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in early February.
Published Feb 23, 2023
Scientists from NASA and other agencies are using satellites to map damage caused by the devastating earthquake.
Published Feb 9, 2023Image of the Day Land Human Presence Remote Sensing Earthquakes
After relinquishing control of forests to the villages that depend on them, forest cover in this small mountainous country nearly doubled.
Published Feb 9, 2023
A large, slow-moving landslide is accelerating in eastern Congo, putting a community at risk.
Published Feb 6, 2023
Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields.
Published Jan 26, 2023
Thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Southeast in January 2023, spawning numerous twisters that left lengthy paths of damage.
Published Jan 19, 2023Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Airborne mapping of the thickness of the lava flows helped scientists calculate that 230 million cubic meters of molten rock poured from the volcano during the two-week eruption.
Published Dec 16, 2022
Dangerous thunderstorms and destructive tornadoes lashed the U.S. South amid a sprawling winter storm in December 2022.
Published Dec 16, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Human Presence Remote Sensing
The most severe drought in 70 years of record keeping threatens the Horn of Africa with famine.
Published Dec 13, 2022
A satellite-based analysis indicates that nearly 27 million tons of wheat were harvested from the country’s farms this year, but Ukraine won’t reap all of the benefits.
Published Dec 2, 2022Image of the Day Land Unique Imagery Human Presence Remote Sensing
New evidence shows that a sufficient amount of daylight penetrates the ice to sustain blooms of floating, plant-like organisms.
Published Nov 29, 2022
Scientists project that sea ice loss and rapidly warming temperatures will cause storms in the far north to intensify by the end of this century.
Published Nov 16, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
A remote oil and logging road first established in eastern Peru in the 1980s has become a hub for forest clearing.
Published Oct 25, 2022
Low water levels are making it difficult to ship goods down the river and allowing a wedge of saltwater to move upstream.
Published Oct 21, 2022
A global standard limiting sulfur in ship fuel reduced artificial “ship track” clouds to record-low levels in 2020. Pandemic-related disruptions played a secondary role.
Published Oct 19, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Human Presence Remote Sensing
Water has begun to recede, but large swaths of farmland remain waterlogged as food shortages loom and waterborne diseases spread.
Published Oct 13, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Floods Human Presence Remote Sensing
Persistent drought in southern Madagascar is fueling food shortages in the arid region.
Published Oct 11, 2022
Several cities on the west coast of Florida lost much of their electric power for days after the storm.
Published Oct 3, 2022Image of the Day Land Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
The ongoing drought has cut rice acreage in the Sacramento Valley in half.
Published Oct 3, 2022Image of the Day Heat Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing
Four days after Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island, citizens were coping with widespread power losses.
Published Sep 22, 2022Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
A significant disparity in tree cover across urban neighborhoods leads to differences in temperatures and health outcomes.
Published Sep 19, 2022
The Horn of Africa is facing drought and crop failures after four inadequate rainy seasons.
Published Aug 16, 2022Image of the Day Land Floods Severe Storms Human Presence Landslides
From soaked to dry, the variable state of U.S. soils has implications for farmers and crop production.
Published Jul 29, 2022
Scientists and regulators are using satellite data and custom models from NASA to help monitor ozone pollution.
Published Jul 28, 2022
Nearly half of the lake was covered with blue-green algae in early July 2022.
Published Jul 15, 2022
