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 ...
Astronomer Johann Caspar Staudacher sketched these sunspot drawings of long-lasting extreme magnetic storm activity in 1770. Credit: Hayakawa et al., 2017, https ...
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 ...
Two observers in southeast Alaska log monitoring data. Credit: Lee House, NOAA’s Arctic Report Card 2025 NOAA released this year’s Arctic Report Card on 16 December at AGU’s Annual Meeting 2025 in New ...
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 ...
Satellite image of Malalak in Indonesia, in the aftermath of the catastrophic debris flows. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 1 December 2025. The Landslide Blog is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Since the first agricultural revolution, circa 10,000 BCE, humanity has adapted its farming practices to meet climatic variation. The genesis of early farming is even thought to have resulted from a ...