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Rain and Warmth Trigger More Melting in Greenland
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Published August 18, 2021
The island’s vast ice sheet underwent multiple bouts of widespread melting this summer, exacerbated in August 2021 by rain.
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Oceans Primed for Peak of Hurricane Season
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Published August 12, 2021
Sea surface temperatures are a fair predictor of the readiness of the ocean to fuel and sustain storms.
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Fire Outbreak in Algeria
Published August 11, 2021
More than 62,000 hectares have burned in the country this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
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An Unusually Smoky Fire Season in Sakha
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Published August 9, 2021
Wildfires are approaching records for estimated carbon emissions.
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An Upended Ecosystem in the Arabian Sea
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Published August 5, 2021
How can snow cover on the Himalayas influence the species that thrive in the ocean a thousand kilometers away?
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Fires Rage in Turkey
Published August 3, 2021
More land area in Turkey has been consumed by fire already this year than usually burns in an entire year.
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A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms
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Published July 29, 2021
For decades, scientists have been tracking extreme thunderstorms created by wildfires. However, the ferocity of the storms that have popped up in Canada in 2021 has surprised them.
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Flooding in Central China
Published July 26, 2021
A slow-moving rainstorm overwhelmed rivers and reservoirs, leading to deadly flooding in the province of Henan.
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Beauty in the Barents
Published July 23, 2021
There are a few possible reasons why the phytoplankton-rich waters of this high-latitude sea appear both green and turquoise blue.
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