AU World Regional Geography

10/22/2022

03/25/2022

03/23/2022

As the Arctic emerges from the darkest winter days, Antarctica is about to enter them. Atmospheric rivers carried warmth and moisture to both.

11/05/2021

Japan's southern beaches are covered in tons of pumice pebbles after an underwater volcano exploded in the Pacific Ocean a few months ago.

11/03/2021

They first came to scientists' attention about a decade ago: A mysterious field of glass fragments, scattered across Chile's Atacama Desert, and aligned in a vast corridor stretching 75 kilometers long (almost 50 miles).

09/10/2021

The hidden scars left on the landscape during ice ages thousands to millions of years ago have now been imaged in spectacular detail.

08/16/2021

Low water in the river's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, is a bleak marker of the effects of climate change in the drought-stricken American West. The river is a critical water source for 40 million people in seven states.

08/10/2021

Kiribati in the news again

"Climate emergency is intensifying, we are on the front lines," Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the Maldives, said.

08/10/2021

The world's largest gypsum dune field isn't just a wonder of the natural world—it's a great place to hike, too.

08/07/2021

Construction on an Indonesian tourism project dubbed "Jurassic Park" on social media will continue, the Southeast Asian country's environment ministry said on Thursday, despite UNESCO warnings the plans could have a negative environmental impact.

08/05/2021

If the current were to stop, there could be a catastrophic shakeup to the world’s climate.

08/05/2021

California's second-largest reservoir recently hit its record low, and perhaps most troubling, levels could reach another critical level within the next two weeks.