Despite a cold snap in February, low ice cover prevailed across the lakes in winter 2020-2021. In any given year, the formation, movement, and timing…
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March 1, 2021 A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on. Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved…
November 26, 2020 The modern oasis of Jubbah sits within the wind shadow of historic mountains and the basin of an ancient lakebed. Long-sustained westerly…
September 15, 2017 Astronauts have snapped numerous photos of the light show from their unique perch on the International Space Station. There are few experiences…
November 6, 2017 The contrast of the bright lights against the dark landscape makes this a favorite astronaut photo. This photograph, taken by astronaut Randy…
1984 – 2018 In the past 35 years, one third of large rivers in the United States have changed their dominant color, often due to…
A potent arctic weather system chilled much of the United States with frigid weather in mid-February 2021, shattering low-temperature records in the middle of the…
February 12, 2021. (Click image for high-resolution view.) The waters off of South Georgia—a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean—have become an alphabet soup.…
October 3, 2017. (Click image for high-resolution view.) A geologist’s dream, Gros Morne National Park is one of the few places where you can set…
Natural color – January 29, 2021. (Click image for wider, high-resolution view.) In January 2020, the sky over Sweden delivered an early valentine to people…
December 24, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of numerous gold prospecting pits in…
2010 – 2020. (Click image for wide, high-resolution view.) Scientists are using radar data to decipher where and how well landscapes recover in the years…
The logo for the NASA/U.S. Forest Service Moon Tree program. Trees connect us scientifically, environmentally, and culturally. We all know that trees are vital to…
January 5, 2021. (Click image for wider, high-resolution view.) A bird-loving farmer living near Florida’s Pelican Island helped spur the creation of a national system…
November 18, 2020 Looking Around the Neighborhood Though they focus on the star at the center of our solar system, some Sun-watching spacecraft recently captured…
August 31, 2020 The Persian Gulf forms the center of this photograph taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS). The nighttime lights…
Warming seas are accelerating the retreat of Greenland’s coastal glaciers. Sverdrup Glacier in northwest Greenland is pretty average. It is a textbook example of the…
In mid-January 2021, the Pacific Northwest of North America was soaked by several episodes of heavy rainfall, leading to widespread flooding and landslides. In mid-January…
When Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in a two-story house in Atlanta, the city had 715,000 residents. (His father changed his…
2020 Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 1.2°C (2°F) since the late 19th century. Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016…