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Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the…
Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.
'Scuse me while some charged particles kiss the sky.
An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead.
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West…
A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.
Layers of sedimentary rock that jut from the Soledad Basin at surprising angles have long enthralled television and film producers,…
