Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the U.S. West.
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Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.
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Description While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day. The first was taken on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time; the second was taken on Sep. 2, 2026, at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time. Those […]
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An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead.
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Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
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Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
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At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.
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