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Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of…
Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.
Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.
As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.
Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast.
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…
Diversity reigns across the farmland of Yunlin County in southwestern Taiwan—a region that produces an array of crops on small…
