Press Releases
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Record Rainfall Floods Midwest
2024.06.26
Rivers burst their banks, inundating homes and farmland in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Groundwater Declines in the U.S. Southwest
2024.06.25
Record snowfall has not been enough to offset groundwater losses amid long-term drying and a heightened demand for the resource.
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss
2024.06.17
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
Drought Parches Mexico
2024.06.10
Dry weather is putting extra strain on the systems that deliver water to Mexico City.
Shasta Lake Fills Up Again
2024.05.17
For the second year in a row, California's largest reservoir filled to nearly 100 percent capacity.
Floods Engulf Porto Alegre
2024.05.09
Torrential rains have unleashed widespread and destructive flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state.
Sierra Snowpack Springs Back
2024.05.07
A May storm dumped over two feet of snow in one day on parts of the California mountain range.
Destructive Floods Afflict Tanzania
2024.05.02
Exacerbated by El Niño, heavy rains in spring 2024 caused severe flooding in Tanzania’s Rufiji district, among other areas in eastern Africa.
Severe Drought in Southern Africa
2024.04.24
One of the driest growing seasons in decades has decimated crops and left millions hungry.
Spring Floods Sweep Across Central Asia
2024.04.17
Rivers overtopped their banks and submerged thousands of homes in Russia and Kazakhstan.
A “Surprisingly Average” Year for Sierra Snowpack
2024.04.12
The amount of snow in the California-Nevada mountain range was about average in April 2024—a rare occurrence.
NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West
2024.03.27
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts.
New NASA Software Simulates Science Missions for Observing Terrestrial Freshwater
2024.03.26
To help researchers maximize the value of science missions, a team of researchers prototyped an Observational System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) for designing science missions dedicated to monitoring terrestrial freshwater storage.
NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium
2024.03.14
Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.
Sau Reservoir Dries Up
2024.03.11
The large reservoir in Catalonia shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024.
Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop
2023.12.11
Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory. The workshop will be a combination of keynote talks, panel discussions, and roundtables.
How NASA Deepened Our Understanding of Earth in 2023
2023.12.05
In 2023, The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) and the NASA Science Managed Cloud Environment (SMCE) provided mission-critical, tailored computing resources to enable research and accelerate scientific discoveries that deepen our understanding of Earth and better prepare for its changing climates.
NASA, Partners Launch US Greenhouse Gas Center to Share Climate Data
2023.12.04
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, and other United States government leaders unveiled the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center Monday during the 28th annual United Nations Climate Conference (COP28).
Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life
2023.11.30
As part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture and artist Yiyun Kang to create an interactive digital experience around global freshwater resources titled “A Passage of Water.”
El Niño Forecast to Contribute to Food Insecurity
2023.10.30
Shifting rainfall patterns are projected to leave millions of people without consistent access to food in late 2023 and early 2024.
NASA, Pacific Disaster Center Increase Landslide Hazard Awareness
2023.10.26
Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center.
Drought on the Rio Negro
2023.10.18
The water level of the largest tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record low.
Two NASA Goddard Earth Scientists Receive AGU Awards
2023.09.29
Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum and Dr. John Bolten, both of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received American Geophysical Union (AGU) awards this month. Kirschbaum is director of Goddard’s Earth Sciences Division, and Bolten leads the center’s Hydrological Sciences Lab.
Goddard Team Wins NASA 2023 Software of the Year Award
2023.09.26
NASA has awarded the prestigious NASA Software of the Year (SOY) Award to a team of scientists and engineers at the Earth Sciences Division of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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