Butterflies are often considered bellwether species for climate change, and to retain the cooler climates they need for their life cycles, species around the world have been shifting their habitats ...

This conceptual illustration shows the contrasting responses of a low-latitude highlands ecosystem in China to a drought versus a heat wave. The image at left depicts the severe ecosystem collapse and ...

New research examined the geochemistry of magma crystals from the mostly submarine stratovolcano Bogoslof in Alaska to better forecast future eruptions. Credit: T. Keith/U.S. Geological Survey via ...

The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research includes entirely closing the center’s Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colo. Credit: C. Calvin, University ...

Pilots prepare to fly microbial sampling systems into smoke from high-intensity crown fires in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Credit: Krista Bonfantine, University of Idaho Extreme wildfire events ...

Landslides on the southern side of Lake Takengon in Sumatra triggered by the November 2025 rains. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 30 November 2025. The Landslide Blog ...

In the Yukon River Delta, snow and ice are essential for Indigenous communities, providing travel routes and supporting hunting, fishing, and cultural practices. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff ...

An automated hydrological logger (drip logger) sits on a stalagmite at Wombeyan Caves in New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Andy Baker Groundwater is one of Earth’s most important natural ...

Many exoplanets are “hot Jupiters” like this artist’s impression, planets similar to Jupiter orbiting closer to their host star than Mercury does to our Sun. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Our Sun is about ...

A spatial distribution of clusters showing variation in ambient heat exposure. The colors represent the 85th percentile of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) distribution (1979-2021). WBGT accounts for ...

A small area on the top right side of this storm cloud over western Africa is “overshooting” into the stratosphere. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Powerful summertime thunderstorms are ...