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Terceira Island, Azores
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Published June 22, 2022
Terceira Island is one of nine volcanic islands in the Azores archipelago, which straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a triple junction.
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Freedom’s Fortress
Published June 19, 2022
Old Point Comfort was among the first places where enslaved people were traded in colonial America—and a hub of resistance to slavery during the American Civil War.
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Scientists Discover a Polar Bear Subpopulation
Published June 17, 2022
The bears in Southeast Greenland are uniquely adapted to living where sea ice is scarce for much of the year.
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Alaska Ablaze
Published June 14, 2022
Dozens of wildfires, including the largest tundra fire on record for the Yukon, are burning across the state.
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Losing a Layer of Protection
An early summer heatwave set up a cluster of glaciers in the Central Andes for accelerated melting.
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Spotting the Rise of Swine Lagoons
Published June 13, 2022
Researchers used satellite images to chronicle the historical expansion of eastern North Carolina’s swine farming industry.
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Fire and Ice in Kamchatka
Published June 10, 2022
Bezymianny, a stratovolcano in Russia's Far East, ejected a towering plume that streaked the snow with dark ash.
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Tornado Scars Northern Michigan
Satellite imagery shows the line of damage extending through Gaylord.
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A River Routed Under the Mountains
Published June 9, 2022
A 20-kilometer-long tunnel under Rocky Mountain National Park diverts water from the Western Slope of the Rockies to Colorado’s Front Range and eastern plains.
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