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Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
A Gulf Coast storm followed by snowmelt in January 2025 temporarily increased the Mississippi River’s outflow, sending a surge of…
When wildfires scorch a landscape, the flames are just the beginning. NASA is helping U.S. communities foresee and prepare for…
The nighttime lightscape of Argentina’s largest metropolitan area reveals transportation corridors and variations in lighting types.
New York City’s Manhattan Island was the site of the nation’s first Labor Day parade on September 5, 1882.
