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New View of the Deepest Trench
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Published April 14, 2012
Oceanographers make new maps of the Mariana Trench that are 20 times better than anything before.
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Diagnosing the Snow Deficit of December
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Published February 8, 2012
The Arctic Oscillation, La Niña, and North Atlantic Oscillation combine to steer winter's cold, snowy weather away from the United States.
2011 Global Temperatures
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Published January 20, 2012
Analysis of global temperatures shows that the year was the 9th hottest in the past 130 years. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 2000.
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U.S. Climate: The New Normal
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Published July 6, 2011
These maps compare January minimum temperatures and July maximum temperatures in the U.S. Climate Normals, a 30-year frame of reference. The new normal reflects a warming world.
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Tohoku Earthquake Shaking Intensity
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Published March 19, 2011
This map shows the ground motion and shaking intensity from the March 11, 2011, earthquake at dozens of locations across Japan.
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Different Records, Same Warming Trend
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Published January 14, 2011
Four independent records are unequivocal: the world has warmed since 1880, and the past decade has been the warmest on record.
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Global Warming Mapped
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Published December 10, 2010
The average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°Celsius since 1880, and two-thirds of the warming occurred after 1975.