Published April 30, 2024
Severe drought in Zambia jeopardizes electricity supplies and food security for millions of people.
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Published April 9, 2024
Satellites gathered striking views of the Moon’s shadow from above as observers on the ground were awed by the Sun’s corona.
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Published February 24, 2024
A distinct plume of suspended sediment is a persistent winter feature off China’s coast.
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Published January 29, 2024
Sustained winds carried desert dust over the ocean, where it engulfed island groups and then streamed toward the United Kingdom.
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Published January 16, 2024
Réunion and Mauritius, islands in the southwest Indian Ocean, were lashed by the basin’s strongest storm system so far in the 2023–2024 season.
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Published January 12, 2024
Winter snow lingering into the summer is a welcome sight in drought-stricken Chile.
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Published January 10, 2024
A sprawling low-pressure system swept across the eastern half of the U.S., delivering high winds, heavy rain and snow, and tornado damage.
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Published December 19, 2023
After weeks of warnings, a new fissure has opened on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland.
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Published December 8, 2023
Both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins were unusually active in 2023—and some storms had unpredictable bouts of rapid intensification.
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Published December 5, 2023
The tropical cyclone caused widespread flooding and crop damage in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Published October 25, 2023
Otis went from tropical storm to major hurricane in a matter of hours before barreling into Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a category 5 storm.
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Published October 25, 2023
A new system that draws upon active fire data from satellites is making it easier for scientists to track the spread of wildland fires in near real-time.
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