Aqua Stories
Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across the region.
Widespread flooding affected tens of thousands of people after cyclones Fytia and Gezani drenched the island.
Weeks of intense rain overwhelmed rivers and reservoirs, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.
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 landscape is adapted for.
Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for volcanologists to monitor new developments.
In its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.