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SWOT Observes Coastal California Flooding
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Published March 6, 2024
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean.
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Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise
Published March 5, 2024
Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit climate change.
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Sierra Vista
Published March 3, 2024
This city in southern Arizona is surrounded by mountains, national forest, and conservation areas.
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Amazon Forest Fires Rage in Roraima
Published March 1, 2024
Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder.
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An Oasis of Green in Senegal
Published March 4, 2024
Wetlands in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary are used by millions of migrating birds.
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New Lows for Great Lakes Ice Cover
Published February 29, 2024
The effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack of lake ice.
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A Climate Archive Melts
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research.
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Fires in Guatemala
Published February 27, 2024
The blaze near Quetzaltenango was one of several burning across the country.
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Antarctica Unpinned
New research shows that while some Antarctic ice shelves have been thinning since at least the 1970s, widespread thinning accelerated in the 1990s.
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Making Sense of Holes in the Clouds
Published February 26, 2024
Scientists speculated about these holes in clouds for decades, but it’s now well understood that cavum are caused by airplanes.
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Mount Nemrut’s Compelling Caldera
Published February 25, 2024
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye.
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Sediment Fans Out Over the Yangtze Bank
Published February 24, 2024
A distinct plume of suspended sediment is a persistent winter feature off China’s coast.
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