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After decades of decline, this ecologically significant type of forest is making a comeback.
Blanket bogs in the Scottish Highlands store vast amounts of carbon.
With hardly a cloud in sight, astronauts had a sweeping view of nighttime lights in the U.S. Midwest.
Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
A modern satellite makes it possible to pursue the ancient tradition of leaf-peeping in a whole new way.
Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into…
Fall color covers the forested slopes of Bieszczady National Park, while patches of polonina, a type of high-mountain meadow, have…
High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the…
Drought and an ailing aquifer were major topics of conversation when NASA scientists visited with farmers in the Texas High…
Surrounded by wetlands, Manitoba's northernmost farmland near The Pas turns from green to brown over the 2026 growing season.
Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Layers of sedimentary rock that jut from the Soledad Basin at surprising angles have long enthralled television and film producers,…
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea…
These glacial landforms jut into northern Lake Huron, surrounded by sheltered channels and coves frequented by fish and small watercraft.
The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as…
