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A New Global Fire Atlas
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Published August 8, 2019
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
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Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot
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Published July 31, 2019
Fires in Alaska, Siberia, and Greenland have emitted large amounts of black carbon this summer.
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Wildfires in Krasnoyarsk
Published July 12, 2019
Dozens of fires raged in the southern part of the Siberian region.
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Iceland’s Waters Abloom
Published July 15, 2019
July 2019 brought the latest display of a phytoplankton bloom that occurs every year in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Historic Heat in Alaska
Published July 9, 2019
Record-breaking heat has exacerbated clusters of wildfires burning throughout the state.
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Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World
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Published July 8, 2019
The record-breaking belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, and it is likely here to stay.
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Atmospheric River Swells Terrestrial Rivers
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Published July 6, 2019
In late June 2019, a potent atmospheric river event carried soaking rain into southern Chile, dropping nearly a month’s worth of precipitation in just 48 hours.
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Finding Hidden Ship Tracks
Published July 3, 2019
Ship tracks are a common atmospheric occurrence. Scientists are now combining machine learning and satellites to detect them automatically.
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Total Solar Eclipse Darkens the South Pacific
On July 2, 2019, a NASA satellite captured an image of the Moon’s shadow off of South America.
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Ice Arch Crumbles Early
Published June 26, 2019
The structure that prevents sea ice from exiting the Arctic Ocean through the Nares Strait crumbled months earlier than usual.
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