September 2024

Water inundates the marshes along Delaware Bay, which provide protection against flooding and erosion, as well as habitat for migrating birds. Read More…

Lights in Chile’s central city display an array of colors and densities, reflecting various land uses and differences between the region’s communes. Read More…

The precise geometry of the protected area encompassing an iconic New Zealand volcano is unmistakable from space. Read More…

Large numbers of rectangular holding ponds lie amid mangrove forests in southern Ecuador. Read More…

Scientists use satellites in orbit and boots on the ice to monitor glacial changes on the flanks of Mount Baker and elsewhere in Washington state.… Read More »Keeping Tabs on North Cascades Glaciers

Satellite imagery and local data helped researchers assess how landscape features, such as watering holes and vegetation, influence elephant movement. Read More…

After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the state’s vulnerable reefs.  Read… Read More »Confronting Florida’s Coral Collapse

Under the cloak of darkness, Iceberg A-83 wiggled away from glue-like sea ice and drifted farther from the Brunt Ice Shelf—but not without sustaining some… Read More »A Winter Wanderer in the Weddell Sea

Images of nighttime lights reveal patterns in population and urban development. Read More…

An extratropical storm system dropped torrential rains on parts of Morocco and Algeria. Read More…