A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano.…
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Sea ice coverage reached its seasonal minimum in February 2024, tying with 2022 for the…
This wide-angle photo offers the feeling of looking out over the Persian Gulf from an…
The storm dropped a substantial amount of rain as it moved across Mozambique. In March…
Researchers are leveraging troves of data collected by animal-borne sensors to complement satellite observations, expand…
A volcano on Fernandina, an uninhabited island dense with wildlife, is lighting up the night…
The large reservoir in Catalonia shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024. Three…
Ranchers in the Texas Panhandle recently faced a fire that charred more than 1 million…
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land,…
Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas…
The effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack…
Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat…
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for…
The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024. Since…
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye.…
New research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least…
Scientists speculated about these holes for decades, but it’s now well understood that cavum clouds…
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending…