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Ash Plume from Ulawun
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Published March 23, 2006
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Fires in the Southeastern United States
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Snowstorm in the American Midwest
The start of spring 2006 came with a taste of winter weather for the U.S. Midwest as heavy snow blanketed states from Colorado to Indiana, with accumulations as much as 60 centimeters (24 inches) in some locations.
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Satellites Detect Deep-Ocean Whirlpools
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Submerged in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain and Portugal are giant, salty whirlpools of warm water. These deep-water whirlpools are part of the ocean’s circulatory system, and they help drive the ocean currents that moderate Earth’s climate. Warm water ordinarily sits at the ocean’s surface, but the warm water flowing out of the Mediterranean Sea is so salty (and therefore dense) that when it enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, it sinks to depths of more than 1,000 meters (one-half mile) along the continental shelf. This underwater river then separates into clockwise-flowing eddies that may continue to spin westward for more than two years, often coalescing with other eddies to form giant, salty whirlpools that may stretch for hundreds of miles. Because the eddies originate from the Mediterranean Sea, scientists call them “Meddies.”
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Tropical Cyclone Floyd
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Tropical Cyclone Wati
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Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska’s North Slope
On January 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) approved oil and gas drilling on approximately 500,000 acres of land in and around Teshekpuk Lake on Alaska’s North Slope within the National Petroleum Reserve.
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Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano
Published March 21, 2006
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Floods in Southeastern Europe
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Fires in Western Africa
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