Water travels from the Angolan Highlands to Botswana each year, usually arriving in July. In 2012, the water showed up early, and overflowed into the Savuti River.
Published Jun 5, 2012
Heavy rain and melting snow drove rivers across Central Europe over their banks in early April 2006.
Published Apr 21, 2006
Satellites detect fires that are not necessarily being reported. Scientists are taking note and compiling global views of fire behavior and evolution.
Published Oct 22, 2018
Sometimes called the Jewel of the Kalahari, the area is an enormous, pristine wetland that almost miraculously appears out of a desert.
Published Jun 27, 2011
This elevation image shows that the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma (Myanmar) is clearly flat, much of it below five meters in elevation. This low elevation makes the delta particularly prone to flooding from storm surges.
Published Sep 22, 2009
The Volga Delta has grown significantly over the past 130 years.
Published Nov 12, 2018
This wetland in the interior of Botswana is an oasis for biodiversity in the midst of the arid Kalahari Desert.
Published Jul 28, 2014
One of Africa’s largest river systems reaches the Indian Ocean with less water and sediment today than in the past.
Published Dec 12, 2013
The Ebro River Delta, located along the eastern coast of Spain, is one of the largest wetland areas in the western Mediterranean region.
Published Jul 26, 2004
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
Published Aug 8, 2019
The fast-moving Delta Fire is one of several that have cast a pall of smoke over the region this summer.
Published Sep 7, 2018
Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.
Published Dec 31, 2008
