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A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.
An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than…
The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest such event in…
Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.
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…
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
Satellites are helping land managers track ecological shifts as reserves reconnect and landscapes return to a more natural state.
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
A Gulf Coast storm followed by snowmelt in January 2025 temporarily increased the Mississippi River’s outflow, sending a surge of…
