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Two hundred years ago, a battle in the port city of Baltimore inspired the writing of America’s national anthem.
Marshy, sandy terrain and an impassable inlet helped colonial forces repel British forces during a pivotal battle on the barrier…
Phytoplankton added a milky blue hue to the waters of the Black Sea and nearby waterways in spring and summer…
Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya's Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global…
Drifting sea ice fragments near Alaska’s Saint Lawrence and Nunivak islands and colorful water around the Yukon Delta heralded the…
The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to…
Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.
The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.
Buoyant volcanic rock fragments from an underwater eruption drifted across the Bismarck Sea and choked island coasts.
The city's metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape…
The TEMPO mission helped scientists track morning nitrogen dioxide that contributed to afternoon ozone along the New York–Washington corridor in…
Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.
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.
