Supercell thunderstorm over Nebraska
Disasters

Talking Weather and Climate Change on the “Ready or Not Change is Coming” Podcast

By
Jacob Reed, NASA Disasters
Climate
Agriculture

Science for a Rainy Day

By
Erica Kriner
NASA Disasters program science writer Gabriella Lewis speaks with an attendee at the NASA booth.
Disasters

Sharing NASA Science at the 2022 Understanding Risk Global Forum

By
Timothy "Seph" Allen, NASA Disasters
Photo of humanitarian workers providing aid to residents of a flooded village in Pakistan.
Disasters

NASA Partnership Launches Groundbreaking New Global Flood Early Warning Technology

By
Jacob Reed with contributions by Christian Thomas, NASA Disasters
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Urban Development
Climate
Risk & Resilience

Observing How Quickly New Orleans Is Sinking

By
Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences writer
Disasters

Seeing the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill from Space

By
Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences writer
Fall 2022 Maldives Climate

Monitoring Shoreline Change and Island Loss in Response to Climate Change

Topic
DEVELOP
Climate
Capacity Building
Maldives Climate (Fall 2022) Team: Aidan Harvey (Project Lead), Daniel Lopez, Mitch Porter, Derek Chin Summary: Global sea level rise as a result of climate...
NDWI-processed imagery from Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager data. This mosaicked image was taken from January to December 2021 of Jekyll Island, Georgia. NDWI contrasts the water features in a satellite image to its surroundings by measuring the moisture content. Low moisture content is shown in white, and high moisture content is shown in blue.

Evaluating the Impacts of Hurricane Irma on Georgia Heirs Property Owners Using Earth Observations

Topic
DEVELOP
Capacity Building
Disasters
Georgia Disasters (Fall 2022) Team: Isabella Chittumuri (Project Lead), Nancee Uniyal, Nathan Tesfayi, Shakirah Rogers Summary: In September 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in southern...
NDBI-processed imagery from a June 2022 Landsat 9 OLI-2 image. This composite image shows the cities of Warren (top left) and Youngstown (bottom right). The areas in white and brown represent the built environment. While areas in green represent land that is not as built-up, such as forest. Built-up areas can indicate where surface run off could occur, resulting in pluvial flooding.

Mapping Flood Susceptibility, Vulnerability, and Risk and Tree Canopy Coverage in Northern Ohio to Inform Stormwater Management and Flood Mitigation Efforts

Topic
DEVELOP
Capacity Building
Disasters
Youngstown & Warren Disasters (Fall 2022) Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), David Henriques, Nada Haddad, Thomas Ferrell Summary: Both pluvial and fluvial flooding events pose...
Stormwater retention across Wyandotte County, Kansas. NASA GPM IMERG data for September 2020 – August 2021 and NLCD 2019 Land Cover data were used as model inputs for the InVEST Stormwater Retention Model. One model output included a stormwater retention ratio layer where darker purple values indicate poor stormwater retention and increased flood risk. Areas of poor stormwater retention can then be identified as priority regions for Green Infrastructure initiatives in Wyandotte County.

Analyzing Precipitation and Land Cover Data to Refine the Assessment of Urban Flood Vulnerability

Topic
DEVELOP
Capacity Building
Disasters
Kansas City Disasters II (Fall 2022) Team: Nora Carmody (Project Lead), Dain Kim, Kameron Lloyd, Ruby Nagelberg Summary: In pluvial flood events, stormwater runoff can...

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