In central Asia, jagged mountain peaks rise high above the steppe. Read More…
Weather Blog
Highlights of the environment and weather-related photo stories
Everything’s bigger in Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park, where unique wildlife, plains, wetlands, and animal-engineered landscapes all exist on a grand scale. Read More…...
The Brunt Ice Shelf lost a large wedge of floating ice, the third sizeable iceberg to calve from the shelf in recent years. Read...
Destructive winds left many people in the most populous city in Texas without power. Read More…
Contrasting colors of lava and ash reveal the geologic origins of Harrat Khaybar’s volcanic cones. Read More…
Strong winds kicked up sand and dust from China’s vast Taklimakan Desert. Read More…
Ancient hominin fossils lie beneath the sandy soils on the outskirts of this village in southern Spain. Read More…
Farmers grow a variety of crops along river floodplains near Lyon. Read More…
Large tidal swings expose a plateau-shaped reef around Australia’s Yawajaba island at low tide. Read More…

