January 2, 2022 Clouds parted for a glimpse of one of the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth. Mount Vesuvius, located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) southeast…
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October – December 2021 More than 20 million people in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia now face some of the worst food security risks in 35…
January 7, 2022 The glow of a volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands was captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the…
December 30, 2021 Hurricane-force winds whipped fires across drought-parched grasslands and into suburban neighborhoods. On December 30, 2021, high winds roared out of the west…
[embedded content]January 3 – August 15, 2012 The waters circling Antarctica absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release, serving as a strong carbon…
December 6, 2021 Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only natural satellite. Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest…
[embedded content] From extreme weather to volcanic eruptions, these images highlight another year on our planet. Earth in 2021: Some Highlights From Another Year on…
February 5, 2021 The Libyan Desert is often cited as a Mars analogue. The vast Libyan Desert stretches toward the Mediterranean Sea, which itself fades…
2016 It is the land of reindeer husbandry—one of the few places on Earth where deer have been domesticated. It is the home of Europe’s…
While efforts to raise domesticated reindeer on the island failed, herds of wild reindeer prosper in East Iceland. While most of the world’s populations of…
July 8, 2021 Herding could help curb Arctic greening and shrubification caused by climate change. On the Yamal Peninsula in West Siberia, the nomadic Nenets…
[embedded content]December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system.…
December 16, 2021 December 17, 2021 Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to…
August 9, 2021 Once the second-largest lake in Turkey, it now rarely spans an area much larger than a puddle. Lake Tuz was once the…
November 1 – December 6, 2021 Soils across western Washington and southern British Columbia were saturated for much of the season. As meteorological autumn came to an…
December 1, 2021 This coupling of the atmosphere and ocean alters atmospheric circulation and jet streams in ways that intensify rainfall in some regions and…
December 7, 2021 Flows of superheated ash and tephra mixed with rain to create destructive rivers of debris on the Indonesian volcano. Mount Semeru, the…
October 9, 2021 The hot springs at Pamukkale, Turkey, have produced the world’s largest deposit of travertine. The hot springs and thermal pools at Pamukkale,…
June 8, 2021 June 18, 2021 This autumn marks the 400th anniversary of a 1621 gathering of members of the Wampanoag Nation and European colonists near Plymouth,…
September 5, 2019 The Daintree region of Queensland, Australia, is home to one of the world’s oldest forests and hosts a vast range of unique…