Natural Disasters

Tracking Spring Flooding

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 Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change

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

NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West

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 Leader Casey Swails Learns About Wildfire Work at NASA Ames

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

Studying a Planned Fire

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

Satellite Data Can Help Limit the Dangers of Windblown Dust

Dust storms present a growing threat to the health and safety of U.S. populations.

Posted November 15, 2023

Earth

Carbon Cycle

Climate Change

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Natural Disasters

Wildfires

NASA Flights Link Methane Plumes to Tundra Fires in Western Alaska

Methane ‘hot spots’ in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are more likely to be found where recent wildfires burned into the tundra, altering carbon emissions from the land. In Alaska’s largest river delta, tundra that has been scorched by wildfire is emitting more methane than the rest of the landscape long after the flames died, scientists have […]

Posted November 1, 2023

Earth

Natural Disasters

NASA, Pacific Disaster Center Increase Landslide Hazard Awareness

Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center.

Posted October 26, 2023