Arc of Fires in the U.S. West – Many Fierce Fires Still Actively Burning
The Caldor fire, nearing the south end of Lake Tahoe, is one of many potent fires still burning at the end of August 2021. As…
The Caldor fire, nearing the south end of Lake Tahoe, is one of many potent fires still burning at the end of August 2021. As…
Solar flares jetting out from the sun and thunderstorms generated on Earth impact the planet’s ionosphere in different ways, which have implications for the ability…
August 27 – September 2, 2021 Many of the worst-hit areas in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York saw 6 to 10 inches of…
Increasing numbers of deforestation fires are darkening skies in Rondônia and Amazonas. Since the 1970s, tree clearing in the Amazon basin has reduced the size…
Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilizing temperatures at Earth’s surface. An international research…
Water “blisters” trapped beneath the thick interior of Greenland’s ice sheet could provide critical insight into the hydrological network coursing deep below Earth’s second largest…
Three days after Hurricane Ida, many people in Louisiana are going without electric power due to downed power lines and damaged transmission towers. Three days…
In this image, captured in the early morning hours of Monday, August 30, Tropical Storm Ida is seen moving inland over portions of southeastern Louisiana,…
Improving Projections, Predictions and Protection in the Face of Expected Sea Level Rise A new assessment of flood risk in Venice indicates that the impact…
Hurricane Ida off the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the morning of Sunday, August 29th at 10:13am (CDT) right before making landfall….
New research using data from NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, mission, has revealed unexpected behavior in the swaths of charged…
Preliminary reports suggest it is the fifth-strongest storm ever to make landfall in the continental U.S. Exactly 16 years after Katrina made landfall, another major…
The same phenomenon that causes aurorae — the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth — causes mesospheric…
Between 35.6% and 95% of 20th century ocean surface climates — defined by surface water temperature, pH, and the concentration of the mineral aragonite —…
Highest resolution global warming simulation conducted to date reveals possible end of El Niño/ La Niña temperature cycle. The cycling between warm El Niño and…
Flash floods occur when persistent heavy rain causes small creeks, channels, and streams to swell rapidly. On August 21, 2021, a burst of severe and…
The number of vertebrate species inhabiting the different regions of the world is highly variable, as is the proportion of threatened species. Some regions, such…
The eruption of an underwater volcano near South Iwo Jima sent a plume soaring into flight paths and created an expansive raft of floating rock….