Nearly all of California was in a state of extreme drought at the end of January 2014. Forests and farms clearly showed the effects in satellite measurements of vegetation.
Published Feb 14, 2014
Analysis of Landsat and MODIS data showed where agricultural production was affected by long-term drought in California.
Published Jan 30, 2015
From brown landscapes to snow-free mountains, California was startlingly dry as a serious drought prompted a state of emergency.
Published Jan 23, 2014
Reservoirs, lakes, and mountainsides are brimming with water and snow, though scientists caution that underground aquifers are a long way from having the same bounty.
Published Apr 21, 2017
North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
Published May 7, 2020
Two reservoirs in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada show the effects of long-term drought.
Published Aug 3, 2014
The typically green valleys and snow-covered mountains of California have grown dusty after three years of drought.
Published Jul 18, 2014
Satellite imagery shows reservoirs still perilously low in the midst of Brazil’s rainy season.
Published Mar 7, 2015
The water stored as snow in the 400-mile long range is now 185 percent of normal for the beginning of March.
Published Mar 3, 2017
Dark brown squares mark fields that would ordinarily support irrigated crops in California’s Central Valley in this vegetation image. In 2009, a lack of water meant that the crops were not growing well or the fields lay fallow.
Published Aug 16, 2009
While autumn rains offered some relief to Northern California, drought still reigns in the southern part of the state.
Published Nov 16, 2016
Vegetation is withering across Central Chile.
Published Nov 18, 2019
After four years of shrinking due to drought, the largest reservoir in California got a much-needed boost from El Niño-fueled winter precipitation.
Published Apr 7, 2016
NASA airborne snow surveys provide key information for California water managers.
Published Apr 22, 2017
In August 2012, satellites observed the effects of drought and heat waves on vegetation from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River.
Published Oct 3, 2012
More than 64 million people are directly affected by drought in the Southwest and Southern Plains, and far more are indirectly affected because of the vast number of farms, orchards, and ranches that supply the rest of the United States.
Published Nov 27, 2014
