The speed and intensity of the Black fire grew quickly, producing a pyrocumulonimbus cloud and…
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At least eight major events in Iraq have darkened skies and sickened people in the…
When large waves break in Māʻalaea Bay, they do so with the crushing speed of…
A massive, early season wildfire that continues to burn in northern New Mexico generated a…
Since May 2018, when Kīlauea’s lava lake last drained, the summit crater has filled with…
The California mountain range alternated between extreme precipitation and none at all this winter. When…
An Unnamed Mound of White off East Antarctica Seems To Be an Island The eastern…
Scientists Have Been Observing Peyto Glacier in Alberta Since the 1960s Peyto Glacier in Banff…
The hottest March in India on record was followed by more waves of oppressive heat…
Laguna Ojo de Liebre, a lagoon on the Baja California Peninsula, is a whale sanctuary…
SeaHawk: The Little Satellite That Could The SeaHawk satellite is both a throwback to a…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will increase energy generation and development in Ethiopia, but it…
Solar and wind farms now cover fields that were abandoned after the nuclear accident in…
In the KwaZulu-Natal coastal province, heavy rainfall spurred deadly flooding and landslides. In April 2022,…
In March 2022, old sea ice crumbled away as new ice formed off the coast…
The coastal and oceanic conditions off of northern Peru create a “dreamland for surfers.” The…
Long-lasting, icy cirrus clouds filled with Saharan dust covered many parts of the continent in…
The shelf’s disintegration in March 2022 has reshaped a landscape where coastal glacial ice was…