The West Faces Snow Drought
The mountains of the western United States are sporting thin winter coats in early 2026. Although most regions…
Finding Freshwater in Great Salt Lake
Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake have revealed something odd in satellite images: dozens of small,…
Floods Inundate Southern Mozambique – NASA Science
Residents of southern Mozambique who live or farm near rivers are accustomed to heading to higher ground during…
Snow Buries Kamchatka – NASA Science
It has been an eventful few months for the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere. An unusually early sudden stratospheric warming…
How Long, Not Long – NASA Science
On March 24, 1965, a march from the campus of City of St. Jude to the Alabama state…
North America’s Greenhouse Hub – NASA Science
The southernmost extent of mainland Canada, along the northern shore of Lake Erie, lies at about the same…
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
At about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s South Island, the sparsely populated Chatham Islands are…
Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime
The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover,…
Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino
When an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photograph of Lago Argentino in Patagonia on December…
Fires on the Rise in the Far North
In the far north, wildfires are breaking old patterns. Satellite data show that wildland fires once scattered across…
Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
Winter weather took hold across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in early January 2026, bringing dense fog and cold temperatures…
Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue
The year that iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, Ronald Reagan was president of…