Earth

Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities. Read More… Source: Read More: Budapest at Night

Many memorable Star Wars scenes were filmed in the deserts of Tunisia. Read More… Source: Read More: In a Desert Not So Far Away

Two days of heavy rain led to catastrophic dam failures and major flooding in Midland County. Read More… Source: Read More: Muddy Flooding in Michigan

The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations

The first tropical cyclone of the 2020 season in the North Indian basin made landfall, delivering substantial storm surge to coastal areas. Read More… Source: Read More: Amphan Batters India, Bangladesh

South America’s second-largest forest has been experiencing rapid tree losses in recent decades. Read More… Source: Read More: Deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco

Among the byproducts of the pandemic and social distancing is a drop in forest management fires on federal lands. Read More… Source: Read More: Satellites Show a Decline in Fire in the U.S. Southeast

In May 1980, a satellite watched the mountain violently erupt; satellites over the next forty years watched it recover. Read More… Source: Read More: Mount St. Helens

Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation. Read More… Source: Read More: Popcorn Clouds over Rio de Janeiro

A layer of marine stratocumulus clouds off the west coast of Africa displayed some particularly complex wave patterns. Read More… Source: Read More: Nighttime Waves Over the South Atlantic

Heavy rains can trigger Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano to spout streams of lava. That’s the assessment of a new study. The idea is possible, many volcano experts say. However, some don’t believe that the data here support the that conclusion. Starting in May 2018, Kilauea dramatically ramped up its 35-year-long eruption. It opened 24 new cracks … Read MoreRead more

The first typhoon of the year in the Western Pacific was later than usual and quite potent. Read More… Source: Read More: Vongfong Makes Landfall in the Philippines

In 2002, Earth Observatory published one of the site’s most popular images: the Great Bahama Bank. Eighteen years later, the science has advanced but the sand has not. Read More… Source: Read More: Still Sandy After All These Years

Scientists are concerned about the stability of a glacier that could significantly raise sea level. Read More… Source: Read More: Denman Glacier Losing Some of Its Footing

Earthquakes occur where two tectonic plates meet. These tectonic plates, which make up the Earth’s crust, are moving. Very, very slowly. In some places, that movement is fairly smooth. In others, bits of crust stick. Energy builds up. When the bits unstick, the energy is released. It moves outward from that spot in waves. Those … Read MoreRead more

Once upon a time, a rainforest grew near the bottom of the world. To find remnants of it, researchers explored the seafloor near Antarctica. In buried sediment there, they found ancient pollen. They also turned up fossilized roots and chemical evidence of a diverse forest. These woods flourished less than a thousand kilometers from the … Read MoreRead more

Jurassic (adjective, “jur-RASS-sik”) This word describes a time in Earth’s history. The Jurassic Period lasted from about 200 million to 145 million years ago. A mass extinction marks the start of the Jurassic. The event wiped out around three-quarters of species on Earth at that time. But during the Jurassic, life bounced back. Explainer: Understanding geologic time … Read MoreRead more