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Jason and the Bloomonauts
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Published November 8, 2020
Dynamic mixing and churning of currents around some South Atlantic islands makes for biologically productive waters.
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Copper River Valley Dust Cloud
Published November 5, 2020
Dust storms are relatively common in places like the Sahara Desert, but they also happen at high latitudes in places such as Alaska.
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Severe Drought in South America
Published November 4, 2020
Satellite gravimetry data indicates the ongoing drought is the continent's second most intense since 2002.
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Spain’s Stained River
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Published October 30, 2020
The unusually red and acidic Rio Tinto harbors microscopic life that could inform the search for life on Mars.
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East Troublesome Fire Spreads to the Rockies
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Published October 26, 2020
The blaze grew 140,000 acres in 24 hours to become the second largest fire in Colorado history.
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Iran’s Rainbow Island
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A mix of uplifting salt and other sedimentary and metamorphic rocks make for colorful landscapes in the Persian Gulf.
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Record-Setting Fires in Colorado and California
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Published October 21, 2020
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
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Winter is Coming
Long blue shadows on the snow portend frigid days ahead in this far eastern corner of Siberia.
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Rebounding in Hudson Bay
Published October 19, 2020
Raised beaches around the bay in Canada’s Ontario Province show how the landscape responded after the last ice age.
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Assessing California Fire Scars
Published October 14, 2020
Analyzing subtle differences in near-infrared and shortwave-infrared light from the landscape, scientists can provide some measure of the severity of wildfire burns.
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