Under the right environmental conditions, pollution from ships can make long, bright tracks amidst the clouds.
Published Jan 21, 2018
Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya volcanoes were busily puffing away in early January 2018.
Published Jan 17, 2018
In central China, the human footprint brightens the night and dulls the snowscape.
Published Jan 16, 2018
In early January, ice covered most of the lake and prevented the formation of extensive lake-effect clouds.
Published Jan 10, 2018
Forecasters expect the storm to move south along the island’s east coast.
Published Jan 5, 2018
Cold and dry air from Siberia typically produce this cloud formation over the sea from November through January.
Published Jan 7, 2018
Blasts of Arctic air spilling into the Midwest and Northeast are poised to make New Year’s Eve frigid for many Americans.
Published Dec 29, 2017
The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
Published Dec 15, 2017
An unusual storm blanketed parts of the Deep South with snow.
Published Dec 12, 2017
In December 2017, thick smoke streamed from several fires burning in southern California.
Published Dec 7, 2017
The storm system kicked up dust, stirred up smog, and brought heavy rainfall to the Arabian Sea coast of India.
Published Dec 6, 2017
Winds lofted sand and dust particles over northern Iran’s Great Salt Desert.
Published Dec 1, 2017
Discolored water near the Italian coast suggests either a phytoplankton bloom or suspended sediment.
Published Nov 29, 2017
Mount Agung continues to erupt, ejecting a volcanic plume of gas and ash over the Indonesian island of Bali.
Published Nov 29, 2017
Phytoplankton bloomed in springtime waters off of South Island.
Published Nov 15, 2017
Researchers keep a close watch on dust storms around the Gulf of Alaska because the nutrients in that dust may affect marine ecosystems.
Published Nov 15, 2017
An October dust storm darkened skies over much of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Published Nov 2, 2017
Many farmers in India set fire to their fields to clear them before planting, a practice known as stubble burning.
Published Oct 27, 2017
Peak autumn colors have arrived in some parts of the eastern United States and Canada.
Published Oct 26, 2017
Scientists rely on satellites to piece together the life stories of icebergs from Antarctica, some of which have been adrift for decades.
Published Oct 27, 2017
The storm was expected to intensify significantly and might make landfall on the Japanese mainland.
Published Oct 21, 2017
Aircraft campaigns have the potential to help scientists answer one of the toughest challenges in hurricane forecasting.
Published Oct 17, 2017
No longer a hurricane, Ophelia still delivered severe weather to Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom.
Published Oct 16, 2017
Blazes that started on a few hundred acres around Napa Valley were fanned by strong northeasterly winds into more than 100,000 acres of burned land in just two days.
Published Oct 10, 2017
A combination of very warm days, unusually frosty nights, and little rainfall have turned the landscape brown for the start of spring.
Published Oct 1, 2017
While leaves and crops on land took on typical fall colors of orange and brown, the lake displayed vivid shades of green.
Published Sep 26, 2017
Typhoon Talim and tropical storm Doksuri are heading toward Japan and Vietnam.
Published Sep 13, 2017
The storm moved toward the west coast of the peninsula, though effects were being felt along both coasts and across the interior.
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