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Desert Dust Envelops Portugal and Spain
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Published March 27, 2024
Skies turned orange and snowy slopes were stained brown as Saharan dust reached Europe.
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Heat Wave in East Africa
Published March 26, 2024
Sweltering temperatures led to power cuts and school closures in South Sudan.
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Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline
Sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year downward trend.
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The Best Places to View the Total Solar Eclipse
Published March 22, 2024
It’s not a forecast, but this map of historical cloud cover will tell you how often skies on April 8 have been cloudy in the past.
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Fires in the Appalachians
Smoke billowed from multiple wildfires in the eastern U.S., fueled by dry and windy weather.
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Quiet Night Over Eastern Canada
Published March 24, 2024
Lights, snow, and clouds brighten this wintery scene of Earth’s northern latitudes.
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Snowstorm Coats the Rockies
Published March 21, 2024
A potent storm pushed snowpack levels above normal across Colorado.
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Shedding Light on a Very Dark River
Recent data from the previously unstudied Ruki River in the Congo Basin shows that it carries a heavy load of carbon in its dark water.
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An Outpost for Evolution at Aldabra Atoll
Published March 20, 2024
The large coral islands off the African coast are home to giant tortoises and unique birdlife.
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The Arctic is Getting Rainier
Published March 19, 2024
The Arctic and North Atlantic oceans have seen an increasing number of days when precipitation falls as rain, not snow.
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Heat Stress on the Great Barrier Reef
Published March 18, 2024
Weeks of warmer-than-average ocean temperatures caused extensive bleaching in the world’s largest coral reef system.
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An Underwater Plume From Kavachi
Published March 15, 2024
A Landsat satellite acquired this image of discolored water drifting from the active underwater volcano.
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