Water on Earth

Low Water at San Carlos Reservoir

Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.

Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs

Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.

Ice Moves Out of Aniak

Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.

Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape

A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

A Sea of Spinning Clouds

Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

Melting Snow Off Shivelyuch

Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.

Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier

Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

Snow Is Scarce in the Upper Colorado Basin

The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…

Megaberg Ends Its Long Odyssey at Sea

Antarctic Iceberg A-23A’s journey ends in fragmentation in the South Atlantic Ocean, after a 40-year lifespan documented by satellites.