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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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Snowmelt Timing Near the Great Salt Lake
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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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Cloudy Ridges in Yunnan
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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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NASA Data Aid Food Security Assessments in Kenya
Published January 25, 2021
Cropland masks and other environmental data can help agriculture agencies pinpoint where support is most needed.
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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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