What makes it rain? Many people joke it only takes washing the car or forgetting an umbrella to make rain fall, though in reality, those things are two of many rain-making myths that have been perpetuated throughout the years.
Environment
Aug 9, 2018
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Data from the first NASA satellite mission dedicated to measuring the water content of soils is now being used operationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to monitor global croplands and make commodity forecasts.
Environment
Jun 1, 2018
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Soils are the Earth's largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon. It is important to know how soil carbon is stored in a "sink" and how it is released into the atmosphere as a "source."
Environment
Nov 22, 2017
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Despite the welcome showers at the weekend, abnormally low soil-moisture conditions persist in central Italy. Scientists are using satellite data to monitor the drought that has gripped the country.
Environment
Sep 5, 2017
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NASA analyzed the soil moisture in southeastern Texas before and after Harvey made landfall and found the ground was already somewhat saturated. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Satellite provided a night-time look at Harvey after it ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2017
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New research suggests that "flash droughts"—like the one that unexpectedly gripped the Southern Rockies and Midwest in the summer of 2012—could be predicted months in advance using soil moisture and snowpack data.
Environment
Oct 18, 2016
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Popular opinion says that tropical storms and hurricanes that make landfall mitigate droughts in the southeastern United States.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2015
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NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2015
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Soil organisms react more sensitive to marketable pesticides when exposed in dry soil and at enhanced temperatures. Both conditions may occur more often in the future due to climate change. Singularly and combined these factors ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —About 60 percent of California is experiencing "exceptional drought," the U.S. Drought Monitor's most dire classification. The agency issued the same warning to Texas and the southeastern United States in 2012. ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2014
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