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Reflecting on a Tumultuous Amazon Fire Season
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Published March 3, 2020
The reality of science, statistics, and satellites is that a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and severity of a fire season takes time.
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A Burst of Lake Effect Snow
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Published March 2, 2020
Though snow droughts kept the ground bare in much of the Northeast, a late-February storm pummeled upstate New York.
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Sandwiched Wave Clouds
Published February 28, 2020
As winds streamed past the South Sandwich Islands, the disrupted flow created an interlocking series of wave clouds.
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Dust Blankets the Canary Islands
Published February 24, 2020
Flights were grounded as visibility was severely hampered by a Calima event.
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Global Green Up Slows Warming
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Published February 18, 2020
Scientists say the world would be even warmer if not for a surge in plant growth.
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Winter Flooding on the Mississippi
Published February 4, 2020
Persistent rains and saturated soils across the watershed swelled the river to its banks and occasionally onto floodplains.
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Baikal’s Giant Ice Rings
Published January 30, 2020
The puzzling features are most easily seen from above, but they pose real risks at the surface.
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Etosha Pan Refills
Published January 21, 2020
For much of the year, the salt pan is bone dry. But when the wet season brings abundant rains, the large, shallow basin becomes a temporary oasis.
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