October 4, 2021 As the Cumbre Vieja eruption continued into its second week, satellites captured images of some remarkable moments in the skies above the…
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September 26, 2021 A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of the Canary Islands. After Cumbre Vieja split open and…
September 27, 2021 Powered by an Atlas V 401 rocket, Landsat 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 27, 2021. The satellite will extend a five-decade…
September 16, 2021 Sea ice covered more area this summer compared to recent years, but it was also much thinner. Sea ice in the Arctic…
August 27, 2021 September 1, 2017 Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping. As…
September 15, 2021 In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened. In the midst of another brutal…
September 12, 2021 The remnants of Hurricane Larry dropped abundant snowfall on Greenland just as the summer melt season was coming to an end. Hurricanes…
2016 – 2017 Using precision instruments and new mapping and machine-learning tools, a research team has been pinpointing sources of the greenhouse gas. In October…
September 3, 2021 Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Ida left…
September 3, 2021 September 19, 2015 The storm left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching closely to see if…
September 9, 2021 The potent storm in the Western Pacific intensified from a tropical depression to a super typhoon in less than 48 hours. In…
August 22, 2021 The decline of sea ice in the Arctic has made the passage increasingly viable for ships, but it’s still not always smooth…
August 11, 2021. (Click image for wide, high-resolution image.) Several filmmakers have used the desert landscapes of Wadi Rum as a stand-in for the Red…
August 7, 2000 August 9, 2021 The reservoir stands at its lowest level since the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United…
January 1, 1984 – December 31, 2017 Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.…
December 23, 2020 Strings of light emanate from the Imperial Palace in the city’s center and follow the expressway system outward. Months before the world…
August 30, 2021 Preliminary reports suggest it is the fifth-strongest storm ever to make landfall in the continental U.S. Exactly 16 years after Katrina made…
August 20 – 21, 2021 Flash floods occur when persistent heavy rain causes small creeks, channels, and streams to swell rapidly. On August 21, 2021,…
August 13, 2021 The eruption of an underwater volcano near South Iwo Jima sent a plume soaring into flight paths and created an expansive raft…
August 19 – 23, 2021 Intense rain fell on Northeast U.S. soils that were already saturated. Henri did not reach the northeast U.S. coast at…