April 3, 2021 To April 1, 2023. On March 31, 2023, severe thunderstorms tore through the U.S. Midwest and Mid-South where they spawned dozens of tornadoes across seven states....
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DA VINCI’S IMPOSSIBLE “TOKAMAK DRAWING”. The exploration of the now-digitized Leonardo Da Vinci notebooks continues to amaze the worldwide scientific community. A few weeks ago, engineers at the California...
March 6, 2023. After growing through the fall and winter, Arctic sea ice appeared to reach its annual maximum extent on March 6, 2023. This year’s end-of-winter extent was...
January 11, 2001. In 2022, the water level at Lake Kariba—the world’s largest reservoir and a major source of electricity in Zimbabwe and Zambia—dropped sharply. Gauges on the ground...
March 19, 2023. Tropical Cyclone Freddy was a record-breaking storm that astonished meteorologists for its longevity. As part of its final act, the cyclone unleashed destructive floods and landslides on Malawi...
December 23, 2020. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the lower Amazon River in Brazil. The 190-kilometer (120-mile) span of river pictured here is...
December 16, 2022. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of Laguna Ojo de Liebre while in orbit over the Baja Peninsula on December 16, 2022. Located...
March 16, 2022. Two successive atmospheric rivers hit California in March 2023, bearing rain, snow, and strong winds. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power as the storm toppled trees, unleashed...
December 25, 2022. The town of Mountain Pass, California, is home to the largest rare-earth element mine in the U.S. Its story began in the 1940s, when prospectors went...
March 10, 2023. Doctors and public health experts agree that breathing fine particulate matter (PM2.5) can be harmful to human health. The airborne particles—thirty times smaller than the width of human...