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Venice Holds Back the Adriatic Sea
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Published December 2, 2021
A long-awaited system of movable floodgates is starting to protect the city from the highest tides.
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Tidal Vortices in the Sea of Okhotsk
Published December 1, 2021
Strong tides create laminar and turbulent flow patterns in waters off far eastern Russia.
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Leaf Hunting in Japan
Published November 30, 2021
Momijiari can last into early December in the country’s southern regions.
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A Seasonal Emerald in the Sahel
Published November 28, 2021
The Inland Delta of the Niger River is one of the world’s most productive wetlands.
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Indonesia’s Twin Peaks
Published November 27, 2021
Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing are symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks in Central Java.
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Namib Sand Sea
Published November 26, 2021
The oldest desert on Earth also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.
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Silting the Cold Sea
Published November 29, 2021
Greenland’s glaciers grind rock into a fine powder that discolors meltwater and often makes beautiful patterns as it mixes with seawater.
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Paleozoic Plymouths
Published November 25, 2021
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England, share a historical connection even older than the first Thanksgiving.
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Turkey’s Cotton Castle
Published November 24, 2021
The hot springs at Pamukkale, Turkey, have produced the world’s largest deposit of travertine.
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A Rainforest Like No Other
Published November 23, 2021
The Daintree region of Queensland, Australia, is home to one of the world’s oldest forests and hosts a vast range of unique species.
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Sediment Swirls Off the Yucatán
Published November 22, 2021
Suspended limestone offshore hints at a 66-million-year-old story.
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An Ice Tongue Reaching for Land
Published November 21, 2021
Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth that are not retreating.
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