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Deluge in the Amargosa and Death Valleys
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Published November 4, 2015
In October 2015, a deluge of rain flooded desert valleys in the U.S. Southwest.
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Living Large in Hawaii
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Published November 1, 2015
Geologists estimate that Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has erupted about once every six years for the past three millennia.
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Slowdown of the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet
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Published October 30, 2015
Sections of the Greenland Ice Sheet that end on land are slowing—a sliver of good news for sea level rise.
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Kashagan Oil and Gas Field, Kazakhstan
Published October 28, 2015
The harsh climate of the northern Caspian Sea—and gas rich in corrosive hydrogen sulfide—has complicated efforts to tap one of the largest gas and oil reserves discovered in decades.
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Salt Glaciers in Xinjiang, China
Published October 25, 2015
In this active tectonic environment, salt squeezes through faults in the rock until it reaches the surface and flows like a glacier.
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Landslide onto Steele Glacier
Published October 20, 2015
Using seismometers and satellites, scientists identified a large landslide in southwestern Yukon.
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