Earth's Surface and Interior
Surface & Interior Sub-topics
Sites relevant to the start of the American Revolutionary War are interspersed throughout the modern-day Boston metropolitan region.
Marshy, sandy terrain and an impassable inlet helped colonial forces repel British forces during a pivotal battle on the barrier…
Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.
Urban development, green spaces, and maritime activity converge in this Northern California city.
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.
Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.
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.
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
Along the northeast side of the Capital Beltway in Maryland, green spaces weave through the developed landscape.
The coastal province features striking tropical karst landscapes and sandy beaches alongside a mix of natural land cover and developed…
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.
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.
Scientists pioneered a new system that combines data from multiple Earth-observing satellites to identify forest clearing up to 100 days…
