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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
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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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Breakup Along the Mackenzie River
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Published June 8, 2020
Each spring, the Canadian Arctic is the site of a fierce battle between water and ice.
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Ice Arch Persists Despite Warm Arctic
Published June 3, 2020
This natural gatekeeper, which prevents sea ice from exiting the Arctic Ocean and drifting southward into Baffin Bay, was still intact in late May 2020.
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Tropical Cyclone Amphan
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Published May 19, 2020
Millions of people prepared to evacuate as the storm approached eastern India and Bangladesh.
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Deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco
Published May 20, 2020
South America’s second-largest forest has been experiencing rapid tree losses in recent decades.
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Still Sandy After All These Years
Published May 14, 2020
In 2002, Earth Observatory published one of the site’s most popular images: the Great Bahama Bank. Eighteen years later, the science has advanced but the sand has not.
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Dam Failure in Uzbekistan
Published May 8, 2020
A collapse of the Sardoba Reservoir’s earth-filled dam led to flooding that extended into Kazakhstan.
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