October 20, 2026
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Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into sharper focus.
Fall color covers the forested slopes of Bieszczady National Park, while patches of polonina, a type of high-mountain meadow, have turned tan.
High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.
During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.
Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.
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A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely.
In July 2025, NASA’s Earth Venture Suborbital Mission FORTE (Frontlines of Rapidly Transforming Ecosystems) went into action on the North Slope of Alaska.
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