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Fighting Fire With Fire
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In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the…

Jun 5, 2026
Typhoon Jangmi
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The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan.

Jun 3, 2026
Fire’s Footprint on Santa Rosa Island
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A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the…

Jun 2, 2026
Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku
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Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.

Jun 1, 2026
A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
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Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

May 28, 2026
Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts
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The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.

May 27, 2026
Tornado Draws a Jagged Line in Mississippi
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The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left…

May 22, 2026
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
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Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.

May 21, 2026
Fire Chars Santa Rosa Island
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The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.

May 20, 2026
Ice Moves Out of Aniak
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Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

May 14, 2026
Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
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A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

May 8, 2026
Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch
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Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.

May 6, 2026
Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors
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From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of…

May 5, 2026
Cyclone Rains Spur Papua New Guinea Landslides
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Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.

May 1, 2026
Fires Rage in Georgia
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Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast.

Apr 29, 2026
Snow Is Scarce in the Upper Colorado Basin
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The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…

Apr 27, 2026
Smoke Shrouds Northern Thailand
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Seasonal fires have darkened skies over Southeast Asia.

Apr 23, 2026
A School of Mud Volcano Islands in Azerbaijan
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The tadpole-shaped islands along the Absheron Peninsula were born by explosive mud volcano eruptions and reshaped by erosion.

Apr 21, 2026