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The Towers of Tràng An
2025.11.26
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones, caves, and subterranean waterways.
A Direct Hit on Jamaican Forests
2025.11.25
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
Rewilding South Africa's Greater Kruger
2025.11.24
Satellites are helping land managers track ecological shifts as reserves reconnect and landscapes return to a more natural state.
Autumn in the Ozarks
2025.11.21
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
Krasheninnikova Remains Restless
2025.11.20
The volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula continues to erupt after centuries of quiescence.
Reservoirs Dwindle in South Texas
2025.11.18
Drought in the Nueces River basin is reducing reservoir levels, leaving residents and industry in the Corpus Christi area facing water shortages.
Antarctic Sea Ice Saw Its Third-Lowest Maximum
2025.11.17
Sea ice around the southernmost continent hit one of its lowest seasonal highs since the start of the satellite record.
A Desert Intersection
2025.10.01
A colorful ridge and winding glacial meltwater river meet amidst dune fields in western China.
Drought Worsens Across Northern New England
2025.09.27
In late September 2025, a continued lack of rainfall led to stunted vegetation, lowered water levels, and prompted early fall foliage.
Land of Many Waters and Much Sediment
2025.09.26
The Guiana Shield’s rugged terrain shapes Guyana’s waterways, but mining has altered their clarity.
NASA Data Powers New Tool to Protect Water Supply After Fires
2025.09.24
When wildfires scorch a landscape, the flames are just the beginning. NASA is helping communities across the nation foresee and prepare for what can follow: mudslides, flash flooding, and contaminated surface water supplies.
NASA Aircraft Coordinate Science Flights to Measure Air Quality
2025.09.24
This summer, six planes collectively flew more than 400 hours over the mid-Atlantic United States with a goal of gathering data on a range of objectives, including air quality, forestry, and fire management.
A Golden Moment for Boreal Forests
2025.09.23
Hillsides in Alaska’s interior showed their changing colors ahead of the autumnal equinox.
Reshaping the Forests Around Kisangani
2025.09.22
Satellite data show decades of gradual but persistent change to forests around one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest cities.
Arctic Sea Ice Ties for 10th-Lowest on Record
2025.09.19
Satellite data show that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2025.
Cooper Creek Replenishes Lake Eyre
2025.09.18
Another major tributary reached the Australian outback lake in 2025, extending the months-long flood of the vast, ephemeral inland sea.
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low
2025.09.17
With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Smoky Skies in the Pacific Northwest
2025.09.16
Smoke filled river valleys in northeastern Washington and parts of British Columbia.
Greenland Ice Sheet Gets a Refresh
2025.09.13
A moderately intense season of surface melting left part of the ice sheet dirty gray in summer 2025, but snowfall has since freshened its appearance.
A Giant Iceberg’s Final Drift
2025.09.11
After a long, turbulent journey, Antarctic Iceberg A-23A is signaling its demise as it floats in the South Atlantic.
NASA Data, Trainings Help Uruguay Navigate Drought
2025.09.10
NASA satellite data and trainings helped Uruguay create a drought-response tool that its National Water Authority now uses to monitor reservoirs and guide emergency decisions. A similar approach could be applied in the United States and other countries around the world.
Monsoon Rains Flood Pakistan
2025.09.10
Heavy rains and flooding across the country since June 2025 have displaced millions of people, devastated infrastructure, and submerged farmland.
Alaska’s Brand New Island
2025.09.08
A landmass that was once encased in the ice of the Alsek Glacier is now surrounded by water.
B.C. Wildfires Send Smoke Skyward
2025.09.04
Lightning likely ignited several large fires that sent smoke pouring over the Canadian province in early September 2025.
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