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Satellite image of southeastern Australia showing large plumes of smoke from multiple wildfires in January 2020.

Bushfires, not pandemic lockdowns, had biggest impact on global climate in 2020

28 July 2021


US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones

13 July 2021


Image captured by Cassini spacecraft of Water vapor geysers shoot from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Icequakes likely rumble along geyser-spitting fractures in Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus

8 July 2021


photograph of floating patches of ice on still dark water reflecting blue sky and clouds

Earth’s cryosphere shrinking by 87,000 square kilometers per year

1 July 2021


Map of the contiguous United States marking hotspots of high exposure of buildings and infrastructure to earthquake (magenta), flood (cyan), hurricane (grey) tornado (yellow) and wildfire (orange), 1945-2015.

Natural hazards threaten 57% of US structures

22 June 2021


Sunrise casts cloud shadows in a photo of Earth taken from the International Space Station.

Earth’s energy imbalance has doubled since 2005

15 June 2021


Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-129 launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Scientists identify distinctive deep infrasound rumbles of space launches (audio)

9 June 2021


Satellite image of the Overton arm of Lake Mead, a reservoir on the Colorado River.

Widest-ever view of US lakes sees shifts in colors

3 June 2021


Photo of Banks Lake reservoir impounded by Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington State

Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs higher than previously expected

1 June 2021


Map of conterminous United States shows pipelines in maroon and social vulnerability index on the county level in gradient colors from blue (low) to yellow (high).

Natural gas pipeline density higher overall in more vulnerable US counties

27 May 2021


Livestock greenhouse gas emissions by region. Circular graphs indicate the scale of livestock farming in different world regions and the proportion contributed by beef cattle, dairy cattle, pigs, chickens, goats and sheep, and buffalo from the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM).

Efficient meat and dairy farming needed to curb methane emissions, study finds

26 May 2021


maps of the US with color intensity showing where heat stress will be most acute in the last half of the 21st century due to climate change, population growth, and combined effects

Heat stress in U.S. may double by the end of the century

20 May 2021


Yellowstone National Park is hotter than ever

19 May 2021


A topographic map of Greenland, with change in reflective 1996-2017 indicated in intensity of red (less reflective) to blue (more reflective) color, and a black line tracing the route of the research team during sample collection.

Aging snow is making Greenland darker, warmer

17 May 2021


Notch on coastal cliffs in western Crete

New study pinpoints source of largest recorded Mediterranean earthquake in AD 365

10 May 2021

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