After damaging wildfires in LA, tornadoes and series of floods, the first six months of this year smashed multiple extreme ...

The Red Sea became a desert about 6.2 million years ago, before a massive flood from the Indian Ocean turned it into a ...

Dry soils in Mexico can spark extreme “hot droughts” hundreds of miles away, intensifying heat and dryness across the U.S.

In addition to damaging property, the giant balls of falling ice hammered into the ground and tore up vegetation. The result was a roughly 125-mile-long (200 kilometer) and 9-mile-wide (15 km) scar ...

The most famous example of these regions is Antarctica's McMurdo Valleys. It is considered one of the driest places on Earth.

On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. The fire's ...

From the deep ocean floor to vast underground caverns beneath our feet, these places challenge our understanding of the world.

Surface and interior. Tallest mountain : Olympus Mons ; Coldest volcanoes : cryovolcanoes ; A truly "grand" canyon : Valles Marineris ; Movers and shakers : plate tectonics ; Ooh! That'll leave a mark ...

Wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather ...