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The Pacific was buzzing with storms while the Atlantic was notably quiet.
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
Rainfall deficits and high temperatures have created unusually dry conditions and have spurred water shortages on much of the tropical…
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding…
Here's the August 2026 puzzler. Quick, where is this? And what makes this place interesting or unique?
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea…
