Published November 22, 2021
Suspended limestone offshore hints at a 66-million-year-old story.
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Published November 18, 2018
Large phytoplankton blooms tend to occur at intersections: between land and sea, between different ocean currents, and between seasons.
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Published November 14, 2018
Seasonal monsoon rains filled low-lying areas with water.
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Published October 22, 2018
Satellites detect fires that are not necessarily being reported. Scientists are taking note and compiling global views of fire behavior and evolution.
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Published August 20, 2018
Two typhoons lined up in the Northwest Pacific Basin, tracking northwest toward Japan.
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Published August 15, 2018
Several large wildfires are blanketing the state with smoke.
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Published August 4, 2018
Almost a quarter of a million acres of land and more than a thousand homes have been consumed by three wildfires in Northern California.
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Published August 6, 2018
Warmer waters likely enabled a phytoplankton bloom to occur much later in the year than normal off the coast of Alaska and British Columbia.
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Published July 30, 2018
Sea ice can linger on Hudson Bay into the summer, but it is usually gone by mid-August.
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Published July 22, 2018
Lightning sparked nearly 400 new fires in Canada this week.
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Published July 7, 2018
One of the largest salt pans in the world spreads across northern Botswana, offering critical seasonal oases for mammals and birds.
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Published July 4, 2018
As smoke streamed toward San Francisco, more than 1,000 fire personnel were at the scene fighting the blaze.
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