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Urban development, green spaces, and maritime activity converge in this Northern California city.
Once below a shallow sea, Jabal al Fāyah now stands above the desert in the United Arab Emirates as a…
In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the…
An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel…
The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan.
A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the…
Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.
Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how…
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the…
In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and…
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.
