Authorities used helicopters to evacuate dozens of hikers and climbers from Yosemite National Park due to a fire burning in Little Yosemite Valley.
Published Sep 9, 2014
Lightning ignited a fire near Happy Camp, California, in August that had burned over 99,000 acres (40,000 hectares) as of September 9, 2014.
Published Sep 8, 2014
On September 5, 2014, two new fissures opened up near Vatnajökull ice cap in the ongoing eruption at Iceland’s Bárdarbunga volcano.
Published Sep 5, 2014
Heavy rains triggered floods in northern Bangladesh in summer 2014.
Published Sep 5, 2014
NASA satellites finally captured some views of the molten rock flowing from the Icelandic volcanic eruption.
Published Sep 4, 2014
Air pollution far more severe than what’s common today used to plague many American towns and cities.
Published Sep 2, 2014
Sea ice and glacial ice mixes off the northeast coast of the great island.
Published Aug 24, 2014
Several wildfires burned in northern Saskatchewan forests in August 2014, sending smoke into Manitoba and Northwest Territories.
Published Aug 20, 2014
Satellites observed a long plume that stretched across the continent from the East Siberian Sea to the Sea of Okhotsk.
Published Aug 15, 2014
Two storms are moving westward toward Hawaii, which does not often see landfalling hurricanes.
Published Aug 7, 2014
In August 2014, MODIS captured an unusual view of mature pyrocumulus clouds billowing up from a fire along the border of California and Oregon.
Published Aug 6, 2014
Microcystis blooms have become a regular occurrence on the lake. In 2014, the bloom was especially intense around the water intake for Toledo, Ohio, causing managers to warn residents not to consume public drinking water for several days.
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Upwelling currents and summer weather promoted a large bloom of floating, microscopic plants off the coast of Oregon and Washington.
Published Jul 31, 2014
In July 2014, a wildfire in northern Washington destroyed hundreds of homes.
Published Jul 21, 2014
Hot weather, parched forests, and lightning came together in July 2014 to ignite numerous wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, and Oregon.
Published Jul 20, 2014
After drenching the Philippines, the potent storm re-organized and strengthened before heading for landfall in southeastern China and Vietnam.
Published Jul 19, 2014
Eight months after Super Typhoon Haiyan, another powerful typhoon battered the Philippines.
Published Jul 17, 2014
In early July 2014, vast amounts of dust blew out of Sudan and Eritrea.
Published Jul 13, 2014
A river of smoke from wildfires in Northwest Territories has moved south into Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the United States.
Published Jul 11, 2014
The timing of ice breakup on Hudson Bay occurs earlier now than it did decades ago.
Published Jul 6, 2014
The first system of the season formed over the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida and is expected to become a hurricane as it moves north.
Published Jul 2, 2014
Puffy cumulus clouds spin around a high-pressure system in the Amazon rainforest.
Published Jun 19, 2014
At the beginning of the dry season, fires are burning in the savanna grasslands of northern Australia.
Published Jun 18, 2014
The Assayii Lake fire is burning on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
Published Jun 17, 2014
Strong northwesterly winds turned the skies over Oman yellow with dust.
Published Jun 17, 2014
Deadly floods brought a state of emergency to 130 cities in southern Brazil, including the World Cup city of Curitiba.
Published Jun 15, 2014
Hurricane Cristina churned off the western coast of Mexico when the Aqua satellite acquired this image on June 11, 2014.
Published Jun 12, 2014
In June 2014, drought helped fuel a fast-growing wildfire near Bend, Oregon.
Published Jun 10, 2014
The volcanic Aleutian Islands stretch far from North America into the Pacific Ocean like stepping stones to Asia.
Published Jun 7, 2014
An explosive volcanic eruption in Indonesia has proved a hazard to air travelers.
Published Jun 3, 2014
