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The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left…
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during…
An astronaut on the International Space Station was surprised to photograph a shower of light streaking through the darkness while…
A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.
Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.
Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.
Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.
Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.
Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of…
Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.
Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.
As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.
Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast.
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…
Diversity reigns across the farmland of Yunlin County in southwestern Taiwan—a region that produces an array of crops on small…
