How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests

After relinquishing control of forests to the villages that depend on them, forest cover in this small mountainous country nearly doubled. Read More...

4h

Fires Blaze Through South-Central Chile

Hot, dry winds fanned the flames of widespread fires in Chile. Read More...

1d

A Dry Lake Hamun Means More Dust Storms

When the seasonal lake and wetlands in the Sistan Basin dry out, dust often fills the sky. Read More...

2d

Landslide Creeping Below an African City

A large, slow-moving landslide is accelerating in eastern Congo, putting a community at risk. Read More...

3d

Siling Lake

One of the largest water bodies on the Tibetan Plateau has been growing even larger in recent decades. Read More...

4d

Quirimbas Islands

Skirting the coastline of Mozambique, these 32 small islands are home to a diversity of corals and sea turtles. Read More...

5d

Ex-cell-ent Clouds off Chile’s Coast

Satellites have exposed the impressive coverage of marine stratocumulus clouds as well as their compelling shapes and patterns. Read More...

6d

Sichuan's Smoggy Basin

The waters of an ancient lake once pooled in this basin in southwestern China. Now haze and air pollution do the same. Read More...

1w

Cheneso Floods Madagascar

Heavy rain from the tropical cyclone triggered flash floods and landslides along the island nation’s northwestern coast. Read More...

2w

Wintry Dunes on Earth and Mars

Dunes on both planets occasionally get blanketed with ice and snow—except on Earth the white stuff is frozen water and on Mars it’s often frozen carbon dioxide. Read More...

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