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Arctic Sea Ice 12th-Lowest on Record
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Published September 23, 2021
Sea ice covered more area this summer compared to recent years, but it was also much thinner.
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Floods Along the White Nile
Published September 20, 2021
Seasonal rains along the White Nile and Blue Nile can cause widespread devastation when the rivers overflow.
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Coastal Color in New Zealand
Published September 22, 2021
Patchworks and swirls of color adorn the eastern coast of the South Island.
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Fire Encroaching on Giant Sequoias
Published September 16, 2021
In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened.
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Sudbury Impact Structure
Few craters are as large, or as old, as this impact structure in southeastern Ontario, Canada.
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Noirmoutier, France
Published September 19, 2021
The small tidal island provides a bounty of oysters and salt.
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Nicholas Soaks the Gulf Coast
Published September 15, 2021
The slow-moving storm has been pulling in tropical moisture.
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A Fast-Moving Fire in Kgalagadi
A grass fire in southwestern Botswana raced through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in August.
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Unusual Snowfall in Greenland
The remnants of Hurricane Larry dropped abundant snowfall on Greenland just as the summer melt season was coming to an end.
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Fossil Fjords in Namibia
Published September 14, 2021
Ice that carved a network of valleys 300 million years ago has long since disappeared, but the original shapes of the valleys remain.
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Hurricane Ida Leaves a Trail of Oil
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Published September 10, 2021
Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico.
A Meeting of Ice and Dunes
Published September 13, 2021
Shadows accentuate the topography in and around Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur in Mongolia.
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