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December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.
Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.
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.
A collection of fish-shaped clouds hovered above the glacial lake in Patagonia in December 2025.
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
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.
Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave.
After a four-decade run, the massive, waterlogged berg is leaking meltwater and on the verge of disintegrating.
Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.
The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country’s southwest.
The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.
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…
Winds, waves, and ice near a remote town on the Chukchi Peninsula have sculpted a series of coastal inshore lagoons…
A weak La Niña emerged in the equatorial Pacific in late 2025, and scientists are watching how it may help…
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 right combination of conditions allowed this distinctive low cloud to form in California’s Central Valley for weeks.
