NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms.
Armed with data from two NASA satellites, researchers have invented a way to map the fleeting changes in coastal water quality from space - something that has long evaded researchers and coastal managers relying only on ground-based measurements.
Researchers at NASA have teamed up with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to monitor harmful algae in the western basin of Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron.
NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise with the longest and most complete data record available.
NASA and the U.S. Forest Service are testing aerospace agency-developed technologies to improve wildfire imaging and mapping capabilities.
During its almost 30-year lifespan, NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) program provided unique and valuable information that shaped public policy and international perspectives on the environment.
Slicing through the atmosphere from 28,000 feet, High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) from NASA's Langley Research Center can see some of the smallest atmospheric particles, including natural and human-made components.
Educators will have the opportunity to bring a hurricane expert into their classroom with the release of a new NASA Web page and video.
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.
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.