Exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southern Louisiana, another major hurricane blew into the state. 

Our brains process odors differently depending on the names assigned to them, according to new research. 

A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study.

Since October, Los Angeles County has gathered enough stormwater to meet the demand of one in four residents for a year. 

Research by Nebraska’s Cory Armstrong is defining the effectiveness of the alerts, warnings and advisories that swirl around extreme weather events.

NOAA is expanding the availability of a new experimental heat tool called HeatRisk ahead of the hot summer months.

As human populations grow, habitat loss threatens many creatures.

Two NASA pathfinding missions were recently deployed into low-Earth orbit, where they are demonstrating novel technologies for observing atmospheric gases, measuring freshwater, and even detecting signs of potential volcanic eruptions.

The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use.

It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024.