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2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record - image thumbnail

2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record

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2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record

Published January 14, 2021

Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 1.2°C (2°F) since the late 19th century.

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2020 Hurricanes Damage Vulnerable Mangroves - image thumbnail

2020 Hurricanes Damage Vulnerable Mangroves

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2020 Hurricanes Damage Vulnerable Mangroves

Published January 13, 2021

Central America experienced one of its most intense hurricane season in years, leading to widespread degradation to coastal environments.

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Pieces of Iceberg A-68A

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Pieces of Iceberg A-68A

Published January 13, 2021

Seawater has been cutting like a knife through an enormous Antarctic iceberg afloat in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow - image thumbnail

Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow

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Mount Fuji’s Missing Snow

Published January 12, 2021

The lack of snow cover in December left Japan’s iconic mountain looking a little different than usual.

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Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain - image thumbnail

Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain

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Heavy Snowfall Blankets Spain

Published January 11, 2021

Meteorologists declared it the largest snowfall in the region since 1971.

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Rising Seas in Charleston - image thumbnail

Rising Seas in Charleston

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Rising Seas in Charleston

Published January 11, 2021

Sea level rise and new development are on a collision course in South Carolina lowcountry.

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Socked in Stratovolcano - image thumbnail

Socked in Stratovolcano

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Socked in Stratovolcano

Published January 10, 2021

Uninhabited Atlasov Island rises above the clouds and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Kilauea’s Lava Lake Returns - image thumbnail

Kilauea’s Lava Lake Returns

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Kilauea’s Lava Lake Returns

Published January 7, 2021

Water that had pooled in the crater since 2019 quickly boiled off during an eruption that began in December 2020.

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Phytoplankton Factory in the Argentine Sea - image thumbnail

Phytoplankton Factory in the Argentine Sea

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Phytoplankton Factory in the Argentine Sea

Published January 8, 2021

In spring and summer, conditions are often just right for populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.

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An Outburst from Popocatépetl

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An Outburst from Popocatépetl

Published January 6, 2021

Ash and gas emissions continue from one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes.

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The Long Decline of Arctic Sea Ice - image thumbnail

The Long Decline of Arctic Sea Ice

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The Long Decline of Arctic Sea Ice

Published January 6, 2021

Forty years of satellite data show that 2020 was just the latest in a decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice.

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The Stability of von Kármán’s Vortices - image thumbnail

The Stability of von Kármán’s Vortices

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The Stability of von Kármán’s Vortices

Published January 5, 2021

A founder of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory made a key mathematical insight about swirling, asymmetrical flow patterns.

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Reshaping Coastal Louisiana - image thumbnail

Reshaping Coastal Louisiana

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Reshaping Coastal Louisiana

Published January 4, 2021

While there are efforts to reinforce its beaches and marshes, some of Barataria Bay is slowly slipping away.

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Aral Sea in Winter

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Aral Sea in Winter

Published December 31, 2020

Cold temperatures through December sustain areas of snow and ice across Central Asia’s inland lake.

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Shrinking Margins of Greenland - image thumbnail

Shrinking Margins of Greenland

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Shrinking Margins of Greenland

Published January 2, 2021

At least 200 of the island’s coastal glaciers have retreated over the past 20 years.

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Robinson Crusoe Island

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Robinson Crusoe Island

Published December 31, 2020

The islands of the Juan Fernández Archipelago rival the Galápagos in their abundance of endemic plants.

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