Fans of the Arctic – NASA Science
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the July Puzzler. Call it an alluvial face-off. On the southern…
Examining Algal Blooms in Blue Mesa
The summers of 2021 and 2022 were tough seasons for Colorado’s Blue Mesa Reservoir. A severe drought gripped…
Signs of Thaw in the Bering Sea
When clouds parted in early June 2026, satellites glimpsed hints of summer’s approach in the Bering Sea off…
SWOT Mission Unlocks a New View of Our Waterways
Explore how rivers move, change, and sustain life across the planet. Using data from the SWOT (Surface Water…
A Most Unusual Lake – NASA Science
Scientists estimate that Earth is home to more than 100 million lakes. Among the most unusual is Lake…
A Little Town with a Long Name
On the southeastern coast of Anglesey, an island off the coast of mainland Wales, lies a little town…
Searching for Selenite – NASA Science
Dating back centuries, salt-crusted plains in present-day Oklahoma held great value to native tribes and, later, to homesteaders.…
Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia
February is one of the driest months of the year in northern Colombia’s Córdoba department, a major farming…
Chilled New York City – NASA Science
The New York metropolitan area was showing the effects of a prolonged cold spell in late January 2026.…
Finding Freshwater in Great Salt Lake
Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake have revealed something odd in satellite images: dozens of small,…
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
On clear days in Hartbeespoort, South Africa, satellite images often reveal a reservoir with shades of deep blue…
Lake Eyre Blushes – NASA Science
The year 2025 was extraordinary for Lake Eyre (also called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) in South Australia. Water started…