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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…
Seasonal fires have darkened skies over Southeast Asia.
Along the northeast side of the Capital Beltway in Maryland, green spaces weave through the developed landscape.
The tadpole-shaped islands along the Absheron Peninsula were born by explosive mud volcano eruptions and reshaped by erosion.
The coastal province features striking tropical karst landscapes and sandy beaches alongside a mix of natural land cover and developed…
Above-normal precipitation has swollen rivers and damaged infrastructure statewide.
The circular geologic feature in northwestern Africa can be hard to recognize from the ground, but it is obvious when…
After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated from present-day Hudson Bay, rebounding land has revealed striking nearshore topography.
The violent storm aimed at the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in mid-April 2026.
Antarctic Iceberg A-23A’s journey ends in fragmentation in the South Atlantic Ocean, after a 40-year lifespan documented by satellites.
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission captured extraordinary images of our home planet during their journey around the far…
An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white.
A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
