The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean.

Scientists' annual checkup on Earth's carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit climate change.

Wetlands in Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary are used by millions of migrating birds.

This city in southern Arizona is surrounded by mountains, national forest, and conservation areas.

Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder.

The effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack of lake ice.

The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research.