Water on Earth

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Water on Earth
The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use. A study led by NASA researchers provides new estimates of how much water courses through Earth’s rivers, the rates at which it’s flowing into the ocean, and how much both of those figures have fluctuated […]
Posted April 26, 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
CloudSat
CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite)
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climate predictions. CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations.
Posted April 23, 2024
Earth
Ames Research Center
Benefits Back on Earth
Climate Change
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Water on Earth
The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.  The Large-Scale Hydrology Research Group hosted at […]
Posted April 16, 2024
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
Data from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission helped researchers to calculate the depth of water in this transient freshwater body. California’s Death Valley, the driest place in North America, has hosted an ephemeral lake since late 2023.
Posted April 15, 2024
Oceans
Climate Change
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
New findings have revealed a coastal realm highly sensitive to changes in runoff and rainfall on land. After helping stoke record heat in 2023 and drenching major swaths of the United States this winter, the current El Niño is losing steam this spring. Scientists have observed another way that the climate phenomenon can leave its […]
Posted April 3, 2024
Water on Earth
Earth
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity mission will extend a decades-long record of following shifting water masses using gravity measurements.
Posted March 19, 2024
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Extreme Weather Events
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
Water on Earth
Operated by NASA and the French space agency, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean. A series of atmospheric rivers drenched California in February, with record amounts of rainfall and hurricane-force winds sweeping across parts of the state. At one […]
Posted March 5, 2024
Earth
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Water on Earth
As part of the long-standing partnership, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture to create an interactive digital experience around global freshwater.
Posted November 30, 2023
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
Water on Earth
Such high-tide flooding that inundates roads and buildings along the west coast of the Americas tends to be uncommon outside of El Niño years, but that could change by the 2030s. An analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team finds that if a strong El Niño develops this winter, cities along the western coasts […]
Posted November 8, 2023
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