Natural Disasters

Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earthquakes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes
An online tool maps measurements and enables non-experts to understand earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, and other types of land motion. NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch.
Posted June 6, 2025
Volcanoes
Earth
Natural Disasters
Tsunamis
Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In a new collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, scientists now believe they can detect these changes from space.
Posted May 15, 2025
Ames Research Center
Aeronautics
Air Traffic Solutions
Drones & You
General
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
Wildland Fire Management
NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft to fight and monitor wildland fires 24 hours a day, even during low-visibility conditions.   From March 17-28, NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project stationed researchers at multiple str
Posted March 25, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
On Jan. 10, 2025, NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted two images of the Los Angeles fires from the International Space Station. Multiple destructive fires broke out in the hills of Los Angeles County in early January 2025, fueled by a dry landscape and winds that gusted up to 100 miles per hour. See satellite imagery of […]
Posted January 10, 2025
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Natural Disasters
Lava encroaches on the Blue Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in Iceland, in this Nov. 24, 2024, Landsat 9 image overlaid with an infrared signal. The infrared signal helps distinguish the lava’s heat signature. A volcanic fissure burst open on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula four days prior, heralded by a series of earthquakes.
Posted December 6, 2024
Earth
Marshall Earth Sciences
Marshall Science Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Natural Disasters
By Lauren Perkins When you think of NASA, disasters such as hurricanes may not be the first thing to come to mind, but several NASA programs are building tools and advancing science to help communities make more informed decisions for disaster planning.  Empowered by NASA’s commitment to open science, the NASA Disasters Program supports disaster […
Posted November 26, 2024
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Natural Disasters
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture of two cyclones near Iceland on Nov. 20, 2006. Though we usually think of cyclones occurring in the tropics, these spiraling storms can also form at mid- and high latitudes.
Posted November 22, 2024
Oceans
Climate Change
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
The information will help people who live in coastal areas prepare for impacts caused by rising sea levels. Earth’s ocean is rising, disrupting livelihoods and infrastructure in coastal communities around the world.
Posted November 13, 2024
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth Science
Earthquakes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes
Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. We don’t always notice it, but much of Earth’s surface is in constant motion.
Posted November 8, 2024
Earth
Hurricanes & Typhoons
International Space Station (ISS)
Matthew Dominick
Natural Disasters
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 mph (215 kph). Hurricanes – tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean […]
Posted July 2, 2024
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