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Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than…
The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest such event in…
Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
A potent atmospheric river delivered intense rainfall to western Washington, triggering flooding and mudslides.
The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for…
A rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
In its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
The volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula continues to erupt after centuries of quiescence.
A multi-year drought has put extra strain on farmers and water managers in the Middle Eastern country.
Drought in the Nueces River basin is reducing reservoir levels, leaving residents and industry in the Corpus Christi area facing…
The tropical cyclones are close enough in proximity that they may influence one another.
In late September 2025, a continued lack of rainfall led to stunted vegetation, lowered water levels, and prompted early fall…
Hillsides in Alaska’s interior showed their changing colors ahead of the autumnal equinox.
Astronauts and much of Earth’s population had a chance to view a coppery “Blood Moon” during a total lunar eclipse…
Another major tributary reached the Australian outback lake in 2025, extending the months-long flood of the vast, ephemeral inland sea.
