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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Ice Height
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Published November 5, 2020
Scientists project ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets will play a large part in sea level rise in the upcoming century.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Gravimetry
Scientists measure ice’s gravitational pull on a pair of satellites, allowing them to estimate ice loss and its contribution to sea level rise.
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Copper River Valley Dust Cloud
Dust storms are relatively common in places like the Sahara Desert, but they also happen at high latitudes in places such as Alaska.
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Severe Drought in South America
Published November 4, 2020
Satellite gravimetry data indicates the ongoing drought is the continent's second most intense since 2002.
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Eta Heads to Central America
Published November 3, 2020
The category 4 storm was expected to drop 40 to 50 centimeters of rain across areas of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Devastating Storm Hits the Philippines
Published November 2, 2020
Super Typhoon Goni brought winds upwards of 300 kilometers (195 miles) per hour before making landfall on Catanduanes Island.
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China’s Unrelenting Season of Flooding
Published October 30, 2020
The 2020 monsoon has brought historic amounts of rain to the country.
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La Sal’s Second Life
Published November 1, 2020
The Utah town moved, but the name moved with it.
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Large, Deep Antarctic Ozone Hole in 2020
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Ozone depletion was significantly worse than in 2019, but better than in the early 2000s.
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Hurricane Zeta Arrives on the Gulf Coast
Published October 28, 2020
It will be the fifth storm to hit Louisiana this year, and the eleventh to hit the continental United States.
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Spain’s Stained River
The unusually red and acidic Rio Tinto harbors microscopic life that could inform the search for life on Mars.
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Molave Heads Toward Vietnam
Published October 27, 2020
After getting pummeled by three deadly storms in October, Vietnam prepares for another one.
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