La terre et les hommes en cartes et en images

Acquired May 23, 2012, this natural-color image shows Tropical Storm Bud off of coast of southwestern Mexico.

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Satellites show the effects of the ongoing eruption at Papua New Guinea’s most active volcano.

By early March 2009, Karymsky Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula had stained the snowy white landscape charcoal-brown all the way to the coast.

After appearing for two consecutive winters, La Niña appears to be taking some time off.

Airborne measurements detect the greenhouse gas rising out of openings in the Arctic Ocean ice cap.

Astronauts on the International Space Station observed an intense winter dust storm in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.

The Sun heats not only the air around us, but the land we walk on. Scientists are interested in the difference between the two.

Steam and gas over the summit of Popocatépetl Volcano, Mexico.

Acquired April 18 and April 9, 2012, these images compare conditions in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, which experienced flooding in mid- to late April.

Acquired on April 16, 2012, this natural-color image captures dust plumes blowing off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea.

L’omphalos, le lieu d’origine et l’axe du monde: voici le complexe de l’Occident qui a «rayé de la carte» des civilisations entières au profit de sa conquête d’espace.

Acquired May 25, 2012, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Sanvu over the western Pacific Ocean.

Since 1980, the volume of this glacier that spills into the Prince William Sound has shrunk by half. Climate change may have nudged the process along, but mechanical forces have played the largest role in the ice loss.

Acquired May 19, 2012, this natural-color image shows Tropical Storm Alberto off the South Carolina coast.

Wheat production is poised to drop 20 percent after a dry winter.

NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.

Acquired April 11 and 24, 2012, these images show the movement of sea ice in the Bering Sea with the advance of spring.

Acquired April 29, 2012, this natural-color image shows a plume of thick dust stretching from Mali to Cape Verde.

Acquired April 24, 2012, these images show part of the Antarctic Peninsula, enjoying sunny skies and warm temperatures after a bout of cloudy weather.

Steam and gas over the summit of Popocatépetl Volcano, Mexico.

Steam and gas over the summit of Popocatépetl Volcano, Mexico.