Once below a shallow sea, Jabal al Fāyah now stands above the desert in the United Arab Emirates as a reminder of a watery past and early human survival.

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Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.

Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

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In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and marches at an event at a racetrack on May 1, 1865.

A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.

Seasonal fires have darkened skies over Southeast Asia.

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A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Giant tortoises are returning to Floreana Island after more than 150 years, guided by NASA data that shows suitable areas for release.

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George Washington was born along this tidal creek in Virginia and, as a teenager, made one of his first surveying maps of the surrounding lands.

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About 2,900 Olympic athletes have converged on northern Italy to sort out who is the GOAT—or perhaps the stoat.