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Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec
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Published July 10, 2013
Early in the morning on July 6, 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
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Wildfires Smoke Crosses the Atlantic
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Published July 2, 2013
Satellite observations suggest fires in Quebec sent smoke billowing across the Atlantic; but pinpointing the source can pose a scientific challenge.
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Colored Rains Often Begin with Dust
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Published June 6, 2013
Saharan storms can send plumes of dust drifting north toward Europe. Precipitation helps pull the particles down, sometimes creating bizarre shades of rain and snow that have attracted attention for millennia.
Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea
Published March 29, 2013
A combination of winds, currents, storms, and young ice came together to produce a wave of fractures in Arctic sea ice off the coast of northern Alaska.
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Winter Storm across Central United States
Published February 26, 2013
Acquired in the early morning of February 23, 2013, this nighttime image shows snow cover spanning multiple states in the wake of a major snowstorm.
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