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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.
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.
Smoky Skies in the Pacific Northwest
2025.09.16
Smoke filled river valleys in northeastern Washington and parts of British Columbia.
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.
Assessing Landslide Hazards From Space
2025.09.03
Scientists visited landslide sites in northern Nepal to better understand how satellite data can help predict these hazards and keep communities around the world safe.
NASA Scientists Map Plant Productivity with Data from Ocean Satellite
2025.08.29
NASA scientists have developed a new set of tools to monitor plant growth under various conditions throughout the growing season.
Rokan River Painted by the Tides
2025.08.27
Tides and sediment form brushstroke-like patterns across the river estuary in eastern Sumatra.
Drought Parches the Yakima River Basin
2025.08.22
Farmers are facing the burden of dwindling reservoir water in this productive agricultural region of Washington state.
Smoke Blankets the Iberian Peninsula
2025.08.20
Fueled by extreme heat and dry conditions, intense wildfires in Spain and Portugal sent thick smoke across parts of Europe.
Fire Burns Through Olympic Wilderness
2025.08.15
The Bear Gulch fire spread through dense forest and filled skies with smoke in northwestern Washington state.
Sprawling Gifford Fire Scorches California
2025.08.11
The fast-growing blaze charred more than 100,000 acres in the span of a week.
Wildfire Sweeps Through Southern France
2025.08.08
The Aude fire rapidly burned around 16,000 hectares in August 2025, becoming the country’s largest fire since 1949.
Fleeting Glimpse of Rare Snow
2025.08.07
A short-lived storm dropped some of the largest accumulations in decades on Australia’s Northern Tablelands.
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