Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming
Aug 30 - NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as EarthÕs climate warms. + More

NASA Helps Texas Respond to Flooding
Aug 3 - A NASA aircraft equipped with a state-of-the-art sensor provided emergency response officials with critical soil moisture data for several regions across Texas that were threatened by flooding. + More

Nation's Most Active Wildfires Rage in Montana
Aug 2 - An image, taken on July 31, 2007, by an instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, highlights six of the largest fires in Montana, which currently has the most wildfire activity of any state. +Read More

Satellites Bolster Research on Barren Ocean Regions
May 22 - NASA satellite data have helped scientists solve a decades-old puzzle about how vast blooms of microscopic plants can form in the middle of otherwise barren mid-ocean regions + More

Days of Snow Melting on the Rise in Greenland
May 29 - In 2006, Greenland experienced more days of melting snow and at higher altitudes than average over the past 18 years, according to a new NASA-funded project using satellite observations. + More

NASA's Close-Up Look at a Hurricane's Eye Reveals a New 'Fuel' Source
May 14 - In the eye of a furious hurricane, the weather is often quite calm and sunny. But new NASA research is providing clues about how the seemingly subtle movement of air within and around this region provides energy to keep this central "powerhouse" functioning. + More

Precious Resources: Water & Landsat's Thermal Band
Apr 17 - Chronic water supply problems in many areas of the West are among the greatest challenges we face in the coming decades. + More

NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Upcoming NPP Satellite
Apr 11 - NASA and NOAA announced a plan to restore a key ozone layer climate sensor to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. + More

NASA Data Show Earthquakes May Quickly Boost Regional Volcanoes
Apr 10 - Scientists using NASA satellite data have found strong evidence that a major earthquake can lead to a nearly immediate increase in regional volcanic activity. + More

Protecting the Price of Bread
Apr 2 - Did you know.... Landsat satellite data is behind the accurate global crop production estimates that enable such price stability. + More

Landsat Provides Evidence of Ancient Mega-Lake in Northern Darfur
Mar 29 - Topographic data from satellites reveal a now dry, ancient mega-lake in the Darfur province of northwestern Sudan. + More

Satellite Offers a Room With the Best View of Antarctica
Mar 07 - More than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite woven together to create the most detailed, high-resolution map ever produced of Antarctica. + More

Global 'Sunscreen' Has Likely Thinned
Mar 15 - A new NASA study has found that an important counter-balance to the warming of our planet by greenhouse gases - sunlight blocked by dust, pollution and other aerosol particles - appears to have lost ground. + More

Studies How Airborne Particles Affect Climate Change
Mar 14 - A recent NASA study links natural and human-made aerosol particles to how much Earth warms or cools. + More

NASA Studies True Colors of Evergreen Rainforests
Mar 12 - NASA satellites reveal that Amazon forests are neither evergreen nor dependent on constant rain, and are capable of manufacturing their seasons. + More

Most Detailed Satellite Views of Antarctica
Mar 7 - Researchers have woven together more than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite to create the most detailed, high-resolution map ever produced of Antarctica. + More

Trends in Rainfall Traits from Drizzles to Downpours
Mar 2 - The effects of these weather crises have been devastating, and their frequency seemingly on the rise. + More

Pacific Shows Signs of Morphing from Warm El Nino to Cool La Nina
Mar 2 - New data of sea-level heights that the tropical Pacific Ocean has transitioned from a warm (El Ni–o) to a cool (La Ni–a) condition during the prior two months. + More

2006 Was Earth's Fifth Warmest Year
Feb 8 - Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century. + More

Satellites, Sea Lions Work Together to Study Oceans
Feb 6 - The best oceanographers in the world know how to navigate expertly along oceanic fronts, the invisible boundaries between waters of different temperatures and densities. + More

Hurricane Season 2007: Dora (Western Pacific)
Jan 30 - Although Tropical Cyclone Dora still has a defined center of circulation, most of the deep, thick clouds and intense thunderstorms have dissipated. + More

The 2006 Hurricane Season Was Near Normal
Jan 18 - After the record setting season of 2005 with 27 named tropical cyclones, many meteorologists and hurricane specialists were forecasting another above average hurricane season for 2006, but it didn't happen. NASA scientists have learned several reasons why. + More

Long-Term Increase in Rainfall Seen in Tropics
Aug 28 - NASA has detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise. + More

NASA Sees Santa Barbara Wildfires
Aug 8 - This image shows the Zaca fire, which continues to burn in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara, Calif. + More

Infrared Instrument Aids Climate Research
July 25 A key contributor to this new generation of climate change research tools is the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, or AIRS, instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft. + More

NASA Researchers Find Satellite Data Can Warn of Famine
July 19 - Molly Brown of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and her colleagues created a model using data from satellite remote sensing of crop growth and food prices. + More

Hot, Dry Conditions Spark Fires Across West
July 9 Western states have been affected by fire activity, made worse by dry conditions, high temperatures and strong winds. + More

NASA Satellites See China Build Giant Dam
June 14 - The Three Gorges Dam along ChinaÕs Yangtze River will be one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space. + More

Tornadoes' Destruction Seen From Space
June 11 - Tornadoes ripped across Wisconsin on the evening of June 7, 2007, leaving a path of destruction visible in satellite images. + More

Satellites Tackle Pollution Problem
May 31 - The unique abilities of NASA instruments to track tiny particles of air pollution may aid public health efforts. + More

Vast Regions of Antarctica Melted in Recent Past
May 15 - A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. + More

NASA Satellite Captures Image of Georgia Wildfires
May 2 - A number of fires continue to burn in southeastern Georgia, as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite passed over. + More

Earthquakes May Quickly Boost Regional Volcanoes
Apr 10 - Scientists using NASA satellite data have found strong evidence that a major earthquake can lead to a nearly immediate increase in regional volcanic activity. + More

NASA Finds Arctic Replenished Very Little Thick Sea Ice in 2005
Apr 3 - In 2005 the Arctic replaced very little of the thick sea ice it normally loses and replenishes each year. + More

Study Finds Golden State Heating Up
Mar 28 - Average temperatures in California rose almost one degree Celsius (nearly two degrees Fahrenheit) during the second half of the 20th century, according to a new study. + More

Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice Mysteries
Mar 23 Greenland is cold and hot. It's a deep freezer storing 10 percent of Earth's ice and a subject of fevered debate. + More

"Cool Science" : International Polar Year
Mar 21 - Within the frozen confines of Earth's polar regions lie secrets -- clues scientists believe can help unravel some of the mysteries that drive Earth's climate. + More

Hidden Lakes Speed Ice Flow, May Disrupt Climate
Mar 5 - NASA researchers have unearthed how water from Antarctica's vast subglacial system plays a crucial role in transporting ice from the remote interior of Antarctica toward the ocean. + More Ê

Wildfire Flare-Up Linked to Recent El Nino
Mar 1 - NASA scientists have linked the recent El Nino to the greatest rise in wildfire activity in Indonesia. + More Ê

Toba Caldera, Sumatra
Feb 23 - Toba caldera in Sumatra, Indonesia has produced the largest volcanic eruption in the last 2 million years. + More

Unearthing Antarctic 'Plumbing System,' Clues to Leaks
Feb 15 - From nearly 400 miles above the Earth, satellites have detected subtle rises and falls in the surface of fast-moving ice streams on the Antarctic ice sheet. + More

NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts
Feb 2 - NASA scientists may have discovered how a warmer climate in the future could increase droughts in certain parts of the world. + More

Preventing Ice Before It Forms
Jan 29 - An anti-icing fluid developed by engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center helps stop ice from forming on aircraft wings. + More

Airborne Dust's Ripple Effect on Climate
Jan 25 - Tiny particles in the air can cause a rippling effect on the climate thousands of miles away from their source region. + More

Karymsky Volcano
Jan 03 - Paris, the City of Light, is captured in this alluring image by the ASTER instrument on the Terra satellite. + More