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Puffs of low-level clouds mingle with the volcanic terrain of Candlemas and Vindication islands in the remote South Atlantic.
A rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
From Alaska’s Saint Elias Mountains to Pakistan’s Karakoram, glaciers speed up and slow down with the seasons.
A multi-year drought has put extra strain on farmers and water managers in the Middle Eastern country.
Drought in the Nueces River basin is reducing reservoir levels, leaving residents and industry in the Corpus Christi area facing…
Sea ice around the southernmost continent hit one of its lowest seasonal highs since the start of the satellite record.
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
The Guiana Shield’s rugged terrain shapes Guyana’s waterways, but mining has altered their clarity.
After a long, turbulent journey, Antarctic Iceberg A-23A is signaling its demise as it floats in the South Atlantic.
Satellite data show that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2025.
Another major tributary reached the Australian outback lake in 2025, extending the months-long flood of the vast, ephemeral inland sea.
Winding across the Jeannie catchment in northern Queensland, the river sustains diverse ecosystems on its way to the Coral Sea.
A moderately intense season of surface melting left part of the ice sheet dirty gray in summer 2025, but snowfall…
Images spanning nearly four decades reveal the shapeshifting nature of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it flows across the Tibetan…
An asteroid that struck the rainforest in Africa around 1 million years ago created Ghana’s only natural lake.Â
Tides and sediment form brushstroke-like patterns across the river estuary in eastern Sumatra.
Using data from Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS), researchers developed a new algorithm to better monitor reservoir water levels in…
A short-lived storm dropped some of the largest accumulations in decades on Australia’s Northern Tablelands.
