Excessive Heat and Drought Takes Its Toll: The Mississippi Is Mighty Parched
In September, low water levels made it more challenging to ship goods down the river and allowed a wedge of saltwater to move upstream. Months…
In September, low water levels made it more challenging to ship goods down the river and allowed a wedge of saltwater to move upstream. Months…
Satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023. Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum…
Satellite data shows that Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on September 10, 2023. Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum…
Scientists have some ideas about what might have caused a thin arc that spanned a fjord in Western Greenland. In summer, the fjords around Greenland…
Cities and towns darkened after a cyclone unleashed torrential flooding along the country’s coast. On September 10, 2023, a powerful storm brought heavy rain to…
The icy landscape high in the Andes is dotted with colorful glacial lakes and weathered rock. While in orbit over the Andes Mountains in southern…
Flash floods in the port city destroyed roads and swept neighborhoods out to sea. Heavy rain from a cyclone in the Mediterranean inundated cities along…
Unusual late-season melting in Greenland turned the glacier’s surface into a mishmash of ice, firn, melt, and dirt. Every year from around May to early…
Communities in the High Atlas Mountains were among the hardest hit after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake caused widespread damage. A powerful earthquake has devasted communities…
June, July, and August were 0.23°C (0.41°F) warmer than any other summer in NASA’s record. The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records…
The major storm fluctuated in intensity as it approached the U.S. East Coast. On September 12, 2023, Hurricane Lee continued its slow west-northwest trajectory across…
An otherworldly landscape on a plateau in the Andes provides a natural laboratory for scientists studying Earth and Mars. This photograph of Salar de Coipasa…
A stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding. Following weeks of heat waves and fires,…
Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland’s tree-planting efforts. Nature has provided an effective tool for removing some…
Circular Depressions Seep Hydrogen Gas Naturally occurring hydrogen was discovered emanating from “fairy circles” in Australia. Pockmarked landscapes in Australia may be a treasure map…
Severe drought is reducing the number of daily passages on the transoceanic shipping route. While some weather-related delays are mere nuisances, others have a more…
Decades of gradual warming due to human-caused climate change and an El Niño in the Pacific Ocean nudged global ocean temperatures to record levels in…
The aurora borealis and moonglint shine bright in this astronaut photo of the Alaskan island chain. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured…