These Satellites See Through the Clouds to Track Flooding
Remote sensing systems can struggle to spot high waters, especially in stormy weather or at night. Synthetic aperture radar offers a shot in the dark. ..
Remote sensing systems can struggle to spot high waters, especially in stormy weather or at night. Synthetic aperture radar offers a shot in the dark. ..
Climate change and natural variability are making this a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. ..
Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought. Is it time to stop making the hottest part of the year seem cool? ..
Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer. ..
The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off. ..
Glaciers offer unparalleled insight into the world’s climate. But as they melt, the data they offer is less useful—and more dangerous to collect. ..
The newly elected government has promised stricter emissions limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods. ..
As climate change deals a blow to coastal habitats, coho salmon are disappearing from California’s Russian River. Can conservation hatcheries save them? ..
The country’s recent heat wave has seen “wet bulb” temperatures rise to potentially fatal levels—but plans to handle the crisis are still in their ..
A dispatch from the Amazon: A beloved leader was the first Indigenous person in Brazil to die of Covid—a loss entwined with her people’s fight for sovereignty. ..