Less than a month after launch, the new NASA-French space agency Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps.

A new NASA Web site brings to the public and journalists the latest information about the ongoing effort to understand the impact of fires and smoke on Earth's climate and ecosystems.

For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival.

SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.

A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state.

Numerous wildfires continue to burn out of control throughout California.

When summer storms arrive, it's not only beach-goers who are affected; the rains can also have an impact on living creatures far below the ocean surface.

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA.

Imagine the lives that could be saved from flash floods if only scientists could more accurately predict the dynamics of Earth's often unpredictable oceans.

Hurricanes aren't the only hazards spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico – they have a liquid counterpart in the waters below called ocean eddies.