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…
New Timing for Stubble Burning in India
Every year for decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in northern…
Pacific Moisture Drenches the U.S. Northwest
Waves of heavy rainfall in early December 2025 spurred landslides and flooding in parts of the Pacific Northwest.…
City Lights Glow Along Moonlit Waters
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this oblique view of Earth’s limb, showing the Florida Peninsula…
Satellites Detect Seasonal Pulses in Earth’s Glaciers
Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the planet’s largest piedmont glacier, with ice that spills from the Saint…
Rapid Growth for Benin City
Home to nearly 240 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. About twice as many people live…