Water Cycle

Drying Lake Urmia, Iran

Iran's Lake Urmia is one of the world's largest hypersaline (extremely salty) lakes. It has been declared a Wetland of…

Rain Showers, Flowers, and Floods—Understanding How Vegetation Responds to Flooding and Drought in Australia’s Breadbasket

Using a quarter century of Landsat data, geospatial researchers at the Geospatial Analysis for Environmental Change Lab at the University…

Rare snow falls at the edge of the Sahara Desert

Snow fell on the edge of northwest Africa’s Sahara Desert in mid-December 2016, a rarity for the area. The Landsat…

January rain and snow refill California lakes

A decade of California drought eased after January 2017, thanks to heavy rains and snow. A year ago, when 40…

Winter Storm Stalls Thanksgiving Travel

Water vapor reveals the invisible drivers that are bringing snow, ice, and rain to much of the United States over…

The Water Cycle

Landscape sculptor. Climate driver. Life supporter. Water is the most important molecule on our planet.

First Global Water Vapor Map from OSTM

In mid-June 2008, NASA launched the latest of a series of satellites that scientists use to measure sea level from…

Precious Resources: Water & Landsat’s Thermal Band

Detailed water consumption maps can be made quickly and easily with Landsat because of its 30 m spatial resolution and…

Will Runaway Water Warm the World?

As the Earth heats up more water will make its way into the atmosphere, trapping even heat near the surface.…