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Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow
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Published January 12, 2021
The lack of snow cover in December left Japan’s iconic mountain looking a little different than usual.
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Kilauea’s Lava Lake Returns
Published January 7, 2021
Water that had pooled in the crater since 2019 quickly boiled off during an eruption that began in December 2020.
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Phytoplankton Factory in the Argentine Sea
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Published January 8, 2021
In spring and summer, conditions are often just right for populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.
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The Stability of von Kármán’s Vortices
Published January 5, 2021
A founder of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory made a key mathematical insight about swirling, asymmetrical flow patterns.
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Iceberg Goes With the Flow
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Published December 23, 2020
The swerving path of Antarctic iceberg A-68A is dictated by a large and powerful current.
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Cool Yule Tule
California’s Central Valley is fertile territory for fog formation in winter.
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An Inland Delta Flooded
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Published December 21, 2020
Seasonal floods on the Niger River reached unusual heights in Mali this year.
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Iceberg Closes In on South Georgia
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Published December 14, 2020
Antarctic iceberg A-68A has drifted menacingly close to a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Published December 12, 2020
Clear skies over the Rocky Mountains helped a temperature inversion to form, which in turn led to cloud-filled valleys.
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Fraser Island Blazes
Published December 10, 2020
Fires have scorched half of a World Heritage Site and threatened local wildlife.
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