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Satellites View California Oil Spill
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Published October 8, 2021
Satellite imagers can make oil spills easier to detect in open water.
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A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge
Published October 5, 2021
Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s large, destructive fires.
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Ash and Cloud Rings Over La Palma
As the Cumbre Vieja eruption continued into its second week, satellites captured images of some remarkable moments in the skies above the volcano.
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What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires?
Published October 4, 2021
Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more likely.
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Hurricane Sam
Published October 1, 2021
The category-4 storm spun over the Atlantic Ocean, accompanied by Tropical Storm Victor and Saharan dust to the southeast.
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Lakes Pueyrredón and Posadas
Published October 3, 2021
Glacial ice, rivers, and fierce winds have sculpted two spectacular lakes and several deltas in this part of Patagonia.
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Troubled Waters
Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo is choking with oil slicks and algae.
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NASA and USGS Launch Landsat 9
Published September 28, 2021
The joint effort extends a five-decade record of observing Earth’s landscapes, icescapes, and coastal waters.
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Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma
Published September 27, 2021
A slow-moving wall of basaltic lava is bulldozing its way through communities on one of the Canary Islands.
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Looking Up and Out from Sunspot
Published September 30, 2021
Heliophysics and astrophysics research brings people to this small community in a rugged part of southwestern New Mexico.
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Cumbre Vieja Lights Up the Night
Published September 24, 2021
An astronaut photograph shows the proximity of a volcanic eruption to nearby cities on the Spanish island of La Palma.
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Research Shows More People Living in Floodplains
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The proportion of the world’s population exposed to floods grew by 20 to 24 percent—ten times greater than what previous models had predicted.
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