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Fraser Island Blazes
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Published December 10, 2020
Fires have scorched half of a World Heritage Site and threatened local wildlife.
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A Destructive Abundance
Published December 9, 2020
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was supercharged, and not just in raw numbers.
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Sluggish Start for Arctic Sea Ice Freeze-Up
Published December 8, 2020
Early ice retreat amid warm Arctic air temperatures set the stage for the slow refreeze in 2020.
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New Fires Scorch the Hills of Southern California
Published December 4, 2020
The state’s brutal fire season has not ended.
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A Swirl of Old Supercontinent Silt
On the island of Spitsbergen, glaciers grind up sandstone, leaving an abundance of sediment that stains the meltwater.
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Lighting the Edge of the Roof
Published December 6, 2020
A sharp contrast in nighttime lights distinguishes the sparsely populated Tibetan Plateau from the fertile and densely inhabited Indo-Gangetic plain.
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Counting Trees in Africa’s Drylands
Published December 7, 2020
An international team of scientists has used artificial intelligence and commercial satellites to identify an unexpectedly large number of trees spread across arid and semi-arid areas.
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Spring Heats Up Down Under
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Published December 3, 2020
The country endured its hottest spring and November on record.
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Early Melting Along the Antarctic Peninsula
About a month before the start of astronomical summer in the southern hemisphere, vast areas of sea ice were already painted blue with meltwater.
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Eruption at Lewotolo Volcano
Published December 1, 2020
The explosive event lofted ash high above the Indonesian island of Lembata.
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An Unexpected Expanse of Sand in Alaska
Published December 2, 2020
Dune fields of interest to scientists who study the Red Planet stand out in the Kobuk Valley amid a backdrop of green.
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Outburst at Desolation Lake
Published November 30, 2020
A flood in a glacial lake behind Lituya Glacier surprised an unsuspecting fisherman and reworked a young delta in Alaska.
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Painting Pennsylvania Hills
Published November 28, 2020
The region of rolling hills and valleys is part of a geologic formation known as the Ridge and Valley Province that stretches from New York to Alabama.
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A Sliver of Mexico’s “Mother Mountain Range”
Published November 27, 2020
The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of a chain that stretches across three continents.
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The Braided Brahmaputra
Published November 29, 2020
The river’s high sediment load contributes to the abrupt change in its shape as it exits the Himalayas and hits flatter land.
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Dust Over Seas
Published November 25, 2020
A plume of mineral-rich dust filled the skies over Cyprus and the Mediterranean on a summer’s day.
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