Wildfire Threatens Villa de Leyva, Colombia
Evacuations begin in Villa de Leyva as a wildfire ravages nearby landscape, fueled by strong winds. The flames have alr…
Lake Chad's Dramatic Shrinkage and Recovery
Lake Chad, once one of Africa's largest lakes, has lost 90% of its water since 1963, the result of a decades-long droug…
Typhoon Dojuan Threatens Eastern Japan
Typhoon Dojuan's swirling clouds are a stark contrast to the chaos it threatens to unleash on eastern Japan. Emergency…
Typhoon Dujuan: Japan Flights Cancelled, Travelers Affected
Japan has canceled 275 flights, leaving over 40,000 travelers stranded as Typhoon Dujuan bears down on the country. Eas…
Grand Canyon Night Sky Photography: Milky Way
The Milky Way's luminous tendrils stretch across a lone figure silhouetted in the Grand Canyon, a visual prompt of huma…
Cities Sinking: Causes of Subsidence in Major Urban Areas
Miami's streets regularly flood, even on sunny days, due to an insidious, porous limestone that allows seawater to surg…
Earth vs Kepler-452b: An Artist's Concept Comparison
Kepler-452b, a planet 1.6 billion years Earth's senior, lies in the habitable zone of a distant star. With a size and s…
Earth's Extreme Environments: Desert vs.
The Atacama Desert in Chile hasn't seen rain in decades, while the Amazon rainforest receives nearly 100 inches a year.…
Hurricane Polo's Category 5 Intensity from Space
Hurricane Polo, as seen from space, looms 200 miles wide, its eye a gaping maw of destruction. The Category 5 storm thr…
Hurricane Paths Visualization: NOAA IBTrACS Data
Hurricanes refuse to cross the equator, as shown by a striking new visualisation of storm data. The paths of these stor…
Miami's Transformation: 1896 to Today
Miami's skyline has morphed from a handful of wooden buildings to a dense forest of skyscrapers. This transformation di…
Alps Mountain Range: Eight Countries in One
The Alps, Europe’s highest mountain range, traverses eight countries and spans multiple climate zones. Their unique geo…