A maze of islands, reefs, and rugged coastline creates dazzling patterns in ocean waters near King Sound in Western Australia, a region known for...
Weather Blog
Highlights of the environment and weather-related photo stories
The latest in a string of episodic eruptions produced voluminous fiery flows at the Hawaiian volcano’s summit. Read More…
Well-wishers in Hawaii welcomed the astronauts on July 26, 1969, after they landed on the Moon, splashed down in the Pacific, and traveled by...
An explosion in the numbers of cyanobacteria transformed the Baltic Sea into a swirling canvas of green in summer 2025. Read More…
Now a flat and dusty desert playa, Oregon’s Alvord Desert once held an expansive lake that was the source of catastrophic outburst flooding. Read...
Decades of satellite observations show that the aquifers in the southern part of the state are ailing. Read More…
The volcano’s long history of eruptions has influenced eastern Sicily’s physical topography as well as how people interact with the land. Read More…
Snow infrequently falls in the high plains of northern Chile. And when it does, it doesn’t last for long. Read More…
The striking cloud formation developed over Arctic waters north of Siberia in July 2025 as frigid air met warmer open water. Read More…