Hurricane Marie's Impact on Southern California Homes
More than a week after Hurricane Marie's waves pummeled Southern California's coast, residents are still feeling the im…
Lake Agassiz: Ancient Lake Larger Than Great Lakes
Lake Agassiz once covered an area larger than all five Great Lakes combined, a colder, wetter world that shaped modern…
Greenland's Peterman Glacier: Massive Calving Event
A single, city-sized ice chunk from Greenland's Peterman Glacier survived an unexpected journey across the sea, which s…
Earth Signals: Today's Global Geological Events
A dormant underwater volcano near the Northern Mariana Islands has recently shown signs of potential activity. The USGS…
Geography: Landforms and Their Complementary Shapes
Land and sea form mirrored shapes, as seen in coastlines and bodies of water, which display a complex push-pull relatio…
Today's Earth Signals: Global Weather and Flooding
Global weather extremes have hit both rural and urban areas, while the Colorado River's future is uncertain. The Mount…
Antarctica's Unique Rock Formation Resembles Giant Tree Stump
A colossal rock formation in Antarctica appears to be a gigantic, dead tree. It defies all expectations in this frozen,…
Ocean Water Mixing: Why It Looks Uneven
The ocean surface, as seen from space, can look like an artist's canvas, with distinct colored patches and swirling pat…
World Map: 7 Continents and 5 Oceans
The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are by far the most expansive and well-known. This map, which shows all the world's con…
Earth's Landscape: Visual Guide to Physical Geography
A mountain range’s creation is a slow, intricate dance of natural forces, from the push of tectonic plates to the delic…
Earth's Extreme Zones: Volcanoes, Storms, and More
The Pacific Ring of Fire stretches from Japan to Chile, reshaping landscapes in days through seismic events. Meanwhile,…
Kawah Ijen's Blue Flames: Sulfur Burning in Air
The mesmerizing blue flames of Indonesia's Kawah Ijen are not what they appear to be. Volcanic gases that seem to dance…