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Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia
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Published February 12, 2020
Warming temperatures will likely cause more intense rainfall, leading to increased landslide activity.
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Polar Bears Struggle as Sea Ice Declines
Published February 4, 2020
A new study shows that polar bears are spending less time on sea ice, leading them to fast longer, become thinner and have fewer cubs.
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2019 Was the Second Warmest Year on Record
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Published January 15, 2020
The past five years have been the warmest of the past 140 years.
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Iceland’s Glacial Lagoon
Published December 12, 2019
Speckled with blue and white icebergs, the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon is a stunning landscape, but also a relatively new one.
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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink
Published November 19, 2019
As global and regional warming continues, winter emissions of carbon dioxide from Arctic lands are offsetting what plants absorb in the summer.
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Spate of Cyclones in the North Indian Ocean
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Published November 6, 2019
A series of strong tropical cyclones spun up this year in an area that typically doesn’t see many.
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Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon
The atmosphere above the rainforest has become drier, increasing the demand for water and leaving ecosystems vulnerable to fires and drought.
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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell
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Published October 1, 2019
Heavy winter and spring snowfall provided much-needed meltwater, but the effects of long-term drought mean the lake is nowhere near its highs from the 1980s and 90s.
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Drought Reveals Lost “Spanish Stonehenge”
Published September 19, 2019
The Dolmen de Guadalperal resurfaced after five decades underwater.
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Dorian Reaches South Carolina
Published September 5, 2019
Power outages piled up in Charleston County as the storm raged just offshore.
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