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Typhoon Lionrock
Published August 29, 2016
For the second time in nine days, Japan has been pounded by a tropical storm.
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Increased Fire Comes with Increased Health Risks
Published August 23, 2016
Researchers believe recent fire seasons give a taste of the more active wildfires of the future. Such fires are likely to increase air pollution, even as emissions from industry and motor vehicles have fallen in recent decades.
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Typhoon Mindulle over Japan
Published August 22, 2016
Soaking rains drenched Tokyo.
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A Nearly Ice-Free Northwest Passage
Published August 20, 2016
By mid-August 2016, the famed high-latitude sea route in the Arctic Ocean was open.
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Sediment Pours into Lake Pontchartrain
Published August 18, 2016
After a slow-moving storm system brought severe flooding to southern Louisiana, sediment poured into Lake Pontchartrain.
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Fires Rage in Portugal
Published August 14, 2016
Summer heat—and perhaps arsonists—have fueled fires in northern Portugal and Spain.
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Extratropical Cyclone Over Hudson Bay
Published August 12, 2016
Extratropical storms are fueled by interactions between warm and cold air masses.
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NASA’s Eyes on Nepartak
Published August 7, 2016
In July 2016, Super Typhoon Nepartak became the season’s first major storm to strike the northeast Pacific.
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Lesotho Sees Its Heaviest Snowfall in Two Decades
Published August 6, 2016
Severe snowfall has become rare, so shepherds and tourists were not well prepared for this event.
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Dampening Dust Storms
Published August 5, 2016
A massive tree planting effort may be weakening the intensity of dust storms.
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Tropical Storm Earl
Published August 4, 2016
Tropical Storm Earl spun up over the Caribbean Sea before making landfall over as a category 1 hurricane.
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Flooding in China
Published July 30, 2016
In summer 2016, flooding of historic proportions swamped the Yangtze River Basin.