Temperatures soared across the island during an early, widespread, and long-lasting hot spell. Read More…
Weather Blog
Highlights of the environment and weather-related photo stories
Researchers found a relationship between idle farmland and dust storms in one of the nation’s largest breadbaskets. Read More…
The restless Costa Rican volcano sustains a hot, ultra-acidic crater lake that shares similarities to Martian environments. Read More…
Far above the Arctic Circle, the landscape around Utqiaġvik, Alaska, transforms from a frozen tundra to a mosaic of ponds during its 84 days...
Thousands of soldiers killed during World War II are interred at the Manila American Cemetery, the largest overseas U.S. military cemetery. Read More…
A network of brackish lakes and associated wetlands in northwestern Australia held more water than usual in October 2024 following an especially intense wet...
A perched patch of grasslands and savanna in Brazil acts as a sponge to recharge groundwater and feed natural hot springs. Read More…
Much of the Goyder impact structure has eroded away, but there are remnants in Australia’s Northern Territory. Read More…
Plumes choked Siberian skies as early-season wildland fires burned near a city in eastern Russia. Read More…