Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e satellite. Credit: SpaceX | time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Jupiter ...

Scientists have called for the designation of a new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) with the aim to conserve and sustainably use ...

BBC environment journalists analyse the key events coming up in 2025 with game-changing potential for climate and nature.

The ongoing fire currently devastating the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles is now the most destructive in the state's history.

when the bright 'train' of objects entered into view," Netherlands-based satellite tracker Marco Langbroek ... we can dump enough plastic into the ocean to make a difference.

How successfully do rain gauges catch rainfall patterns? Do the satellites record the same patterns of data as the ground-based gauges? How many gauges are required in order to observe regional ...

They are successors to JMA’s Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) series ... the centres of tropical cyclones over the ocean; thunderstorms, as they develop; volcanic ash, fire and smoke; and ...

A recent push by the NASA Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to shine a light into that darkness has been illuminating, to say the least.

Satellite images from late December 2024 revealed a stunning phytoplankton bloom off the Patagonian Shelf, illustrating the ...

Aerial view of LA fires shows devastation as communities try to bounce back from a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle ...

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes that are situated around the U.S.-Canada border. The others are Lakes Superior, ...