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Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality…
Canadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
A ridge of high pressure fueled record-breaking temperatures in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming on July 12, 2026.
Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June…
The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.
The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.
Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to…
Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.
Buoyant volcanic rock fragments from an underwater eruption drifted across the Bismarck Sea and choked island coasts.
In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the…
The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan.
A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the…
Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left…
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
