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Gearing Up for an Active 2020 Hurricane Season
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Published July 17, 2020
Abnormally warm ocean temperatures and a potential La Niña set the stage for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
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Poyang Lake Extremes
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Published July 16, 2020
Between 2019 and 2020, water levels went from barely there to the highest on record.
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Great, Warm Lakes
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Just a few months after an unusually warm winter with minimal ice, the surface temperatures of the lakes are now near or above records.
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Cloudy Curls
Published July 11, 2020
Von Kármán vortices make another appearance near the Canary Islands.
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Shifting Seasons on the Steppe
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Published July 5, 2020
Linear features in the Kulunda region of southwestern Russia look as if a large claw has scraped the land surface.
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Channeling a Bloom
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Published June 26, 2020
Unusually clear skies and persistent, unseasonable heat may have set the stage for large and persistent blooms of phytoplankton in the waters around England.
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Volcanic Emissions Can Change Clouds
Published June 23, 2020
The volcanoes of the remote South Sandwich Islands make an ideal natural laboratory for studying how airborne particles alter clouds.
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Dust Traverses the Atlantic Ocean
Published June 19, 2020
A tremendous plume of dust from North Africa drifts toward the Caribbean and contiguous United States.
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Southeastern Australia Turns Green
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Published June 22, 2020
After two years of severe drought, abundant rain finally fell over the Australian state and turned the landscape green.
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Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise
Published June 10, 2020
In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.
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