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Falling for Fallstreaks
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Published February 8, 2021
Recent occurrences of the unusual atmospheric phenomenon wowed people in the southern United States.
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Smoking Sugar Fields in South Florida
Published February 5, 2021
Seasonal crop fires are a staple of the sugar harvest, but the smoke might have health effects.
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Snowmelt Timing Near the Great Salt Lake
Published February 4, 2021
Satellite data indicate that snow is melting earlier, changing when and how much the lake is refilled.
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Eloise Floods Mozambique
Published February 2, 2021
The tropical cyclone made landfall near the coast city of Beira, bringing heavy rains to the central region.
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A Remote Lake with a Rich History
Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world and contains a treasure trove of early human fossils.
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Sands and Mats at Padre Island
Published January 31, 2021
The barrier island in Texas has much to teach about barrier islands and Martian life.
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Gold Mining in Russia’s Central Aldan Ore District
Published January 30, 2021
In places where concentrations of the precious metal have been discovered, mining operations are large enough to be seen from space.
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Looking Around the Neighborhood
Published January 29, 2021
Two spacecraft designed to study the Sun also got some recent peeks at Earth and other planets.
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America’s First National Wildlife Refuge
Published February 1, 2021
A bird-loving farmer living near Florida’s Pelican Island helped spur the creation of a national system of wildlife refuges.
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Snow-Free Glaciers in Winter
Published January 28, 2021
Several glaciers near Mount Everest have experienced unusual melting this winter.
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Cloudy Ridges in Yunnan
Published January 27, 2021
Parallel ridges in the Chinese province forced moist air up enough to create these distinctive lines of clouds.
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Undercutting Sverdrup Glacier
Published January 26, 2021
Warming seas are accelerating the retreat of Greenland’s coastal glaciers.
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