The wide, multi-island zone in the Rio Negro (Black River) shown in this astronaut photograph from September 2, 2006, is one of two, long “archipelagoes” upstream of the city of Manaus (not shown) in central Amazonia. Sixty kilometers of the total 120-kilemeter length of this archipelago appear in this image.
Published Dec 4, 2006
An arid region grew even drier between 2003 and 2009 due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.
Published Mar 13, 2013
Natural vegetation and irrigated farmland along the Snake River Plain in Idaho use dramatically different amounts of water during the growing season.
Published Jan 26, 2010
Contaminated water has turned the Rio Doce orange-brown as it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Dec 3, 2015
Earth is a water planet. Three-quarters of the planet’s surface covered by ice or oceans, and the sky is filled with clouds.
Published Oct 2, 2010
Underground channels have supplied towns in southeastern Morocco for centuries.
Published Nov 19, 2016
The fast-growing city has polluted waterways and a growing demand for clean tap water.
Published Apr 11, 2017
A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.
Published Sep 2, 2020
Acquired January 9 and 25, 2011, these natural-color images she flood waters slowly receding in the city of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Published Jan 30, 2011
In much of the world, differences in seasonal precipitation—and in how that water gets stored on land—are big enough to affect Earth’s gravity field.
Published Oct 22, 2010
Water hyacinths may look beautiful, but communities along Lake Victoria are in a constant battle with the fast-spreading plant.
Published Oct 5, 2014
These images show how terrestrial water storage in the four major sub-basins of the United States’ Mississippi River basin differed from average in January and July 2005.
Published Jan 26, 2007
Water shortages in the Middle East lead to sanitation issues in schools, resulting in periodic school closures. NASA is working to change that.
Published Jul 27, 2018
Astronauts learn to sense the way sunlight brings out different features in the water and around coastal cities.
Published Apr 27, 2015
The tiny amount of water vapor in our atmosphere has an outsized influence on the planet as a potent greenhouse gas.
Published Oct 7, 2010
