During the Southern Hemisphere’s summer of 2019–2020, mountains in New Zealand turned red. New research finally explains why. Researchers have revealed that New Zealand’s Southern Alps turned red after a massive dust storm in southeast Australia sent clouds of red dust across the sea, dumping around 4,500 tons onto the snow. Their work, detailed in […]
Before-and-After Satellite Images Show Upsetting Glacier Loss in Swiss Alps
The European Alps cover over 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) across eight European countries, and their cooler upper climes contain thousands of glaciers. Unfortunately, NASA satellite imagery recently captured 40 years of regression in the Alps’ largest chunk of ice, the Great Aletsch Glacier. The images—seen below, and taken in 1984 and 2024—were snapped by NASA’s […]