July 1, 2020 When he first encountered Lituya Bay in 1786, the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse was intrigued by an odd line…
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The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy, and land resources has found that globalization may be decreasing,…
Hooker Lake, New Zealand (2016). Credit: Jenna Sutherland Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to…
July 5, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) While passing over northern Utah, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this photograph of…
Image captured on August 26, 2019, by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO…
The proximity of hot springs to early settlements have led researchers to wonder if early humans used hot springs as a cooking resource long before…
Primary forests are crucial for biodiversity conservation and store high quantities of carbon in biomass, therefore helping to mitigate climate change. Credit: Tzvetan Zlatanov Europe’s…
This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission on March 3, 2019, shows the Amazon River meandering through one of the most vital ecosystems in…
Cross-section view of Austrocedrus chilensis wood in the Andes of northern Patagonia, Argentina.This species is abundant in the xeric forest-steppe ecotone, where periodic massive mortality…
The covid19scan web application screenshot taken on August 30, 2020. Credit: Covid19scan web/Hohl Hotspots have trended towards smaller but more numerous clusters since the pandemic…
Researchers link end of Green Sahara with Southeast Asia megadrought. Physical evidence found in caves in Laos helps tell a story about a connection between…
May 6, 2020. (Click image for full view.) In 2001, Dubai started construction on three large artificial islands in the Persian Gulf shaped like palm…
Comparison of Lyell Glacier in 1866 (A) and in 2018 (B). Image A: View from Meins Knob by Julius Haast. 1867. Full citation: (published 1867,…
This image of Flinders Ranges, South Australia, was captured on December 31, 2019, by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission – a two-satellite mission to supply the…
July 29 – August 5, 2020. (Click image for full view.) On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion rocked the port area around Beirut, Lebanon.…
September 12, 2019. (Click image for full view.) This photograph, taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS), captures the bright urban lights…
July 30 – August 6, 2020 Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite data show that fires…
Coastal elevation in California. Coastal zones, which are defined to be those with elevations less than 10 m, are shown in red. Segments of the…
July 21, 2020. (Click image for high-resolution view.) Because the atmosphere is about 100 times thinner and less dense than on Earth, weather on Mars…
April 2, 2020. (Click image for detailed view.) The winding Mississippi River historically has been used to define many state lines in the United States.…