climate change

Change in Water Storage Maps Added to Living Atlas

A new image service has been added to the Living Atlas of the World. It shows monthly change in water…

6 years ago

NASA building new tools to manage water as climate dangers grow

After an unusually dry winter, a late-season storm finally soaked California in early March, piling up several feet of snow…

6 years ago

Water and wetlands

Wynchnor Washland — part of Staffordshire WT's Farming Floodplains For the Future project (credit Nick Mott) Wetlands are vital part…

6 years ago

We can see how humans have altered Earth’s water resources

For millennia, humans have harnessed rivers, built dams, and dug wells to quench our growing civilization. Now, for the first…

6 years ago

‘Sunny day flooding’ worsens at NC beaches — a sign sea rise is decades too soon

Living in cities threatened by sea-level rise could be like living near an active volcano, according to NOAA oceanographer William…

6 years ago