Earth observations contribute to disaster mapping and better mitigation and response, working with the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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PLAY VIDEOThis brief article describes the how satellite imagery can deliver the not-so-good news.
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PLAY VIDEOGeorgia's governor declared a state of emergency for 85 counties
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PLAY VIDEOExtreme weather, including a drought that has persisted in some places for six years, has...
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PLAY VIDEONASA satellites continue to capture remarkable new images of the wildfires raging in Southern California....
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PLAY VIDEOThe catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models...
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PLAY VIDEODays of heavy rains inundated southeastern Mexico in late October and early November 2007, causing...
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PLAY VIDEOWidespread agricultural burning in Senegal and Mali combined with blowing dust to create hazy skies.
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PLAY VIDEOAfter the 146,000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, collided with another vessel on Friday, December 7, around...
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PLAY VIDEOAn unusually warm US Midwest was caught off-guard on Monday as freak clusters of...
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PLAY VIDEOA new study released by University of Bristol researchers shows that the most devastating mass...
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PLAY VIDEOA surge of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve...
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PLAY VIDEOSpanish scientists have found that blood samples from the Yellow Legged Seagull can be used...
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PLAY VIDEOUniversity of South Carolina researchers have developed a map of the United States highlighting areas...
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PLAY VIDEOThe once abundant White-Tailed Rabbit has gone extinct in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem a new...
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PLAY VIDEONearly two decades after the Exxon Valdez spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil...
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PLAY VIDEOA new study by a University of Bonn, Germany geologist shows that huge amounts of...
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PLAY VIDEOIn a pathological mystery, two years after the mysterious "colony collapse disorder" decimated bee populations,...
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PLAY VIDEOIn Leadville, Colorado residents live in constant fear of a toxic flood raging from decaying...
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PLAY VIDEOSan Diego State University researchers - using a supercomputer-powered "virtual earthquake" program - have calculated...
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PLAY VIDEOThe Moon's brightness during last month's eclipse shows Earth's atmosphere contains little volcanic dust, which...
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PLAY VIDEOAgents for the owner of a cargo ship that dumped 54,000 gallons of oil into...
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PLAY VIDEOThe survivors of a tsunami that killed thousands living on the shores of the Mediterranean...
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PLAY VIDEOOcean wave heights along the U.S. East Coast have progressively increased during the summer months...
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PLAY VIDEOCampaigners in the US are attempting to delay the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider...
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PLAY VIDEOFollowing the discovery of distinctive cloud formations above an active fault in Iran before each...
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PLAY VIDEOData from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves - often dismissed as "background...
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PLAY VIDEOMore than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on...
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PLAY VIDEOWeather modification experts advise that the best way to avoid massive destruction associated with hurricanes...
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PLAY VIDEOAs Burma still struggles to regain its feet after the devastating Nargis cyclone, a top...
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PLAY VIDEOPlagues of locusts have descended upon Northwestern Afghanistan devastating agricultural fields and spurring officials to...
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PLAY VIDEOA New York Times slideshow gives us glimpses of the magnificent Mouse Lemur and various...
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PLAY VIDEO"Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a...
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PLAY VIDEOChina's recent earthquake - it's deadliest in decades - could reduce China's supply of carbon...
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PLAY VIDEODemocratic Senators lambaste the EPA for firing an official - Mary Gade - after she...
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PLAY VIDEOA new study shows that large earthquakes can trigger smaller earthquakes at locations as far...
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PLAY VIDEOAlmost 200,000 tonnes of oil have been spilled at sea in accidents since the start...
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PLAY VIDEOAfter nearly 10,000 years of sleep, the Chalten volcano the southern Andes erupted suddenly erupted...
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PLAY VIDEOComing as no surprise to naturalists, California - a largely arid state ecologically speaking -...
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PLAY VIDEOA two-year old mud volcano named Lusi that has caused millions of dollars worth of...
