Hydrological Anomaly: Death Valley’s Persistent Lake Explored
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay. An ephemeral lake in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin…
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay. An ephemeral lake in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin…
Alaska’s Columbia Glacier has significantly retreated over 20 km since the 1980s, with climate change being a major factor. Satellite imagery from 2023 highlights the…
Highlighting Dubai’s development and artificial islands, a false-color Sentinel-2 image reveals the city’s rapid urban expansion and distinctive coastal features, including the Palm Islands and…
Tectonic forces over millions of years have folded the region’s layers of colorful rock. Erosion has since exposed them. An astronaut aboard the International Space…
Some parts of the peninsula rose up to 4 meters (13 feet), shifting the position of coastlines and leaving some ports dry. The first day…
The remote and arid Kufrah district in Libya lies on top of one of the largest irrigation projects in the world. The remote Kufrah district…
Resting atop a shingled sandstone landscape, the Norwegian glacier has been in decline since the late 1990s. Ålfotbreen glacier rests on ledges of sandstone among…
The latest round of eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula destroyed homes in the town of Grindavík. Volcanic activity reawakened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern…
Cool, upwelling water supports an array of marine life and draws the occasional filmmaker to the Bonney Coast region. When satellites passed over South Australia’s…
Features in this northern British Columbia volcanic area draw their names from a few of our favorite wintry things. Pack some winter footwear and a…
People have long noticed that the waters around Cabo Frio are unusually cool. When European explorers first surveyed the coastline of what is now the…
Stark contrasts between light and dark indicate the interface between urban and natural areas in the Greek capital. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station…
In ancient Greek and Roman times, the lush emerald isle of Ireland was called out for its long frosty seasons. The term Hibernophile may conjure…
The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come to life in thousands of years. Frosty is a stratovolcano located in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain. Although the volcano…
The name “icicle” frequently shows up in and around the Bavarian-inspired town of Leavenworth in Washington state. Winter-like names are abundant in and around Leavenworth,…
Outbursts from Glacial Lake Missoula carved the Channeled Scablands in Washington state. In southeastern Washington state, neat grids of farmland stretch for miles across gently…
The heart of the Nueva Vizcaya Province on Luzon, the largest and most populated island of the Philippines, shows up brightly in this Copernicus Sentinel-2…
Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…