NASA

NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising

Photo: The land beneath the New York City area, including the borough of Queens, pictured here, is moving by fractions…

7 months ago

Joint NASA mission: first stunning views of Earth’s surface water

Image: This visualization shows water features on New York’s Long Island—shown as bright pink splotches. Purple, yellow, green, and dark…

1 year ago

These 2 NASA satellites are ‘smart water meters’ that can track groundwater in Northern California

Northern California's surface water is relatively easy to track. Mainly because we can see it: accumulating in the snowpack and…

1 year ago

Keeping score on Earth’s Global Sea-Level Rise

A map of ocean salinity at the surface, one way scientists track the effects of shifting storms or melting ice.…

5 years ago

Water shortages key environmental challenge of century, NASA warns

Water shortages are likely to be the key environmental challenge of this century, scientists from NASA have warned, as new…

6 years ago