Keith Kloor

Collide-a-Scape

Redrawn Climate Battle Lines Come into Focus

Antartica ice research 

Analyzing gas trapped within different layers of the ice can tell us about Earth’s climate in the past — and give us clues to what might lie ahead.

Record 2-Mile-Long Ice Core Represents 1.2 Million Years of Earth’s Climate History 

The eye of Hurricane Beryl is seen in this image acquired by a Sentinel 2 satellite on July 1, 2024. The image is about 40 miles wide. (Credit: Modified Copernicus Sentinel data processed by Pierre Markuse.)

The Eye of Hurricane Beryl

The final installment in a review of Earth's over-heated, storm-tossed but also beauty-filled year.

A Year on Planet Earth — Part 3

A fire cloud erupts above Oregon's Falls Fire on July 15, 2024. The Western United States and Canada were plagued by intense, fast-spreading wildfires during 2024 — part of a long-term trend linked to climate change. (Credit: InciWeb)

A Fire Cloud Erupts

The second installment in a review of Earth's over-heated, storm-tossed but also beauty-filled year.

A Year on Planet Earth — Part 2

Astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this dramatic image of Hurricane Beryl from the International Space Station on July 1, 2024. At the time, the cyclone's winds were howling at 150 miles per hour. Beryl was the earliest Atlantic basin Category-5 hurricane on record and the strongest June and July hurricane in the basin. The hurricane roared across parts of the Caribbean and the Yucatán Peninsula, making landfall in the United States along the Gulf Coast as a Category-1 storm. (Credit: NASA)

Hurricane Beryl

From vicious storms and relentless global heating, to volcanic eruptions and shimmering aurora, compelling images help tell the story of a drama-filled year.

A Year on Planet Earth — Part 1

Aggressive river otter in grass

Learn where otter aggression can come from and why it's better to leave wildlife to the professionals.

While Cute and Playful, River Otters Can Attack Humans

asteroids-coming-to-Earth

Learn how asteroid strikes may have only altered Earth's climate for about 25 years. 

Redrawn Climate Battle Lines Come into Focus

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