Natural Disasters

Ames Research Center
Earth
Extreme Weather Events
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Natural Disasters
In early May, widespread flooding and landslides occurred in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, leaving thousands of people without food, water, or electricity. In the following days, NASA teams provided data and imagery to help on-the-ground responders understand the disaster’s impacts and deploy aid.
Posted June 13, 2024
Natural Disasters
Earth Observatory
Earth Science
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA invites media to an event at the agency’s headquarters at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, to learn about a new Disaster Response Coordination System that will provide communities and organizations around the world with access to science and data to aid disaster response.   The event will be held in NASA’s James E. […]
Posted June 11, 2024
Earth
Earth Observatory
Hurricanes & Typhoons
International Space Station (ISS)
Natural Disasters
June 1 marks the beginning of the 2024 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA observes and studies hurricanes from space, both with views from the space station and with satellites.
Posted May 31, 2024
Climate Change
Natural Disasters
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Uncategorized
Water on Earth
A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding will occur in Earth’s rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet’s arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks.
Posted May 8, 2024
Earth
Floods
Landsat 9
Natural Disasters
Water on Earth
Ural River levels peak in this April 13, 2024, enhanced color image from Landsat 9; here, vegetation appears red, while water is blue-green. After heavy rain and rapid snowmelt, rivers in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan swelled, flooding homes and displacing thousands of people.
Posted April 24, 2024
Climate Change
Earth
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Natural Disasters
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
NASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from agricultural lands.
Posted April 19, 2024
Earth
Natural Disasters
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. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires.
Posted March 27, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Aeronautics Technology
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Convergent Aeronautics Solutions
Earth
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Natural Disasters
UAS Traffic Management
Wildfires
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails views a demonstration on screen in the Airspace Operations Laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Researchers presented the diverse, long-running efforts in aeronautics at Ames that have helped lay the foundation for agency work related to wildfire response.
Posted February 20, 2024
Earth
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
Flames burn orange through green conifers and golden aspen on the slopes of Monroe Mountain in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, sending gray and brown smoke billowing into the sky in this image from Oct. 9, 2023. This fire was intentionally set with a fire-dripping device suspended from a helicopter.
Posted December 20, 2023
Dust Storms
Earth
Natural Disasters
Dust storms present a growing threat to the health and safety of U.S. populations.
Posted November 15, 2023
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