Life on Earth
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As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.
A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
George Washington was born along this tidal creek in Virginia and, as a teenager, made one of his first surveying…
An ecologist, a volcanologist, and a chemist walk into a forest… it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke,…
About 2,900 Olympic athletes have converged on northern Italy to sort out who is the GOAT—or perhaps the stoat.
From autumn color to a winter-white finish, forested areas around Blacksburg trade foliage for snow over the span of two…
Reed-covered mounds exposed by declining water levels reveal an unexpected network of freshwater springs that feed directly into the lake…
The expansion of greenhouses in southern Ontario is changing the appearance of the land surface—and the night sky.
After marching from Selma, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and…
A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.
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…
Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.
Rounding out a remarkable year, the outback lake displayed distinct green and reddish water in its two main bays.
The Large Magellanic Cloud—one of our closest neighboring galaxies—is a hotbed of star formation that is visible to both astronauts…
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
