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Sediment Sloshes in Solway Firth
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Published December 6, 2019
Fjords and funnel-shaped bays and inlets are often the scene of dramatic tidal changes and sediment loads.
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A Bloom in the Strait of Hormuz
Published December 5, 2019
A phytoplankton bloom appeared in one of the world’s busiest oil waterways.
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A Cirrus Arc
Published December 4, 2019
Circulation around a jet streak—a fast-moving pocket of air within the jet stream—formed this distinctive arc of clouds.
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Australian Fires Still Burning
Bushfires continued in early December to produce smoke along the the country's eastern coast.
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Satellite Observes Massive Ocean Migration
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Published December 3, 2019
Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures swim from the ocean depths to feed near the surface, then descend out of sight again before daybreak.
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Typhoon Kammuri Approaches the Philippines
Published December 2, 2019
A powerful typhoon brought violent winds and torrential rainfall, causing thousands to evacuate.
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A Burial Site Fit for an Emperor
Published November 27, 2019
Japan’s Daisenryo Kofun looks like a forest on a hill, but it is actually one of the largest tombs in the world.
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Severe Winter Storm Hits the West Coast
A winter storm brought flash flooding, heavy snow, and hurricane-force winds to the Pacific Northwest.
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Agriculture Patterns in the Great Plains
The grid-like pattern that spreads across the encompassing flatlands is typical of the Great Plains region and of Nebraska in particular.
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All Eyes on Tonga’s Kingdom of Volcanoes
Published November 26, 2019
An undersea eruption at Lateiki Island in late October 2019 has brought new life to an older island in the Tonga chain.
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Great Fox is Disappearing
Rising waters are swallowing up another island in Chesapeake Bay.
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Rice Bowl from a Reclaimed Lake
Lake Hachirō in northern Honshu was once Japan’s second largest lake.
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When a Road Leads to Deforestation
Published November 25, 2019
Road networks in the Congo rainforest have significantly increased over the past decades, but not all paths lead to long-term destruction.
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Comb Ridge, Utah
Published November 22, 2019
A mountain-building event lifted up this area between 40 and 70 million years ago.
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Porpoiseful Ice Studies
Hundreds of scientific papers have come out of NASA’s Operation IceBridge, which ended this week.
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The Oysters of Tongyeong
About 80 percent of South Korea’s oysters are grown in these waters.
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Making Sense of Amazon Deforestation Patterns
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Published November 21, 2019
Decades of satellite data make it possible to map how deforestation has evolved over time.
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Aussie Smoke Plumes Crossing Oceans
Published November 20, 2019
As fires continue to rage in southern and eastern Australia, the smoke has risen high and far across the atmosphere.
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Making a Connection in the Kingdom of Tonga
Published November 19, 2019
Against the odds, the landmass that exploded and oozed into existence in early 2015 is now nearly five years old.
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Fires in the Caucasus
Satellites detected what appears to be wildfires in the mountainous region.
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Permafrost Becoming a Carbon Source Instead of a Sink
Published November 18, 2019
As global and regional warming continues, winter emissions of carbon dioxide from Arctic lands are offsetting what plants absorb in the summer.
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Long-Term Drought Parches Chile
Published November 15, 2019
Vegetation is withering across Central Chile.
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One Island, Two Perspectives
Different lens sizes and camera angles provide wildly different views of Madagascar.
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Cloud Streets over the Atlantic
Published November 14, 2019
Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.
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The Highest Settlement in the World
There is no running water, no sewage system, and no garbage disposal, but La Rinconada has one resource worth its weight.
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Bushfires Still Raging in New South Wales
Published November 11, 2019
Fire managers warned of “the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen.”
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Detecting Invisible Plant Stress
Published November 8, 2019
A new tool helped detect water-stressed vegetation near some 2019 Amazon rainforest fires.
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Early Season Fires Burning in New South Wales
Dry, hot, windy conditions persist as bushfires burn in the eastern part of the Australian state.
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Taranto City, Southern Italy
Italy’s major southern port and naval base has a history dating back to Roman times.
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Early November Snow Coats the Midwest
Published November 7, 2019
Several inches have fallen over Minnesota and Iowa in early November.
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Susquehanna Sediment in the Chesapeake Bay
Sediment-rich water flowed down the river after a string of strong thunderstorms hit central Pennsylvania.
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Bushfires in New South Wales
Smoke billowed from a string of bushfires lining the coast of the Australian state.