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Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand’s third-largest island, is known for its vibrant birdlife, unique forests, wilderness beaches, and views of the…

Seaweed composing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit near-record levels in June 2026, with the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of…

Lightning storms have ignited dozens of fires in central and eastern Oregon.

The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea…

Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality…

Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast…

The hills and basins of Seattle, Washington, have been sculpted by glaciers and modified by humans.


