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Watching Thunderstorms March Across Lake Victoria
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Published September 10, 2020
The lake in eastern Africa is known for its intense nighttime thunderstorms, which are influenced by the lake's location, size, and nearby topography.
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Downslope Winds Fan Western Fires
Published September 9, 2020
Dozens of extremely intense fires are tearing through Pacific Coast states.
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A Smoky Inferno
Published September 8, 2020
Intense fires raged in several western states over the Labor Day weekend.
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Super Typhoon Haishen
Published September 4, 2020
The storm is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula, making it the third typhoon to encounter the peninsula in just two weeks.
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When Rivers are Borders
Published September 17, 2020
A new dataset reveals interesting patterns about where and why rivers define national borders.
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Swirls in the Southern Caspian
Published September 6, 2020
The inland sea in central Asia has a distinct circulation.
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Rising Waters on Kenya’s Great Rift Valley Lakes
Published September 7, 2020
Months of torrential rains have caused Lakes Baringo and Bogoria to swell, creating several problems for local wildlife and people.
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How Rivers Shape States
Many state and local boundaries around the world—including many in the United States—are the product of rivers.
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Cycles of Wet and Dry in Etosha Pan
Published September 14, 2020
Repeated pooling and evaporation of water built this expansive salt pan in northern Namibia.
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California Continues to Burn
Published September 3, 2020
By early September 2020, more than a quarter million acres had burned within the August Complex fire in Mendocino National Forest.
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Smoke Blows Over the Pacific
Winds carried smoke from California wildfires westward over the Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoon Maysak Batters South Korea
Published September 2, 2020
A peninsula that typically sees one typhoon per year might face three landfalling storms in two weeks.
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A Global Water Hyacinth Invasion
A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.
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Explorer Base Map
Published September 1, 2020
The underlying base map for the Earth Observatory Explorer browse tool.
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Flooding, Blackouts in the Wake of Laura
Published August 31, 2020
The storm surge and rainfall from the category 4 hurricane inundated parts of the Louisiana coast, while winds wiped out electric power to many.
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La Malinche’s Barrancas
Published August 29, 2020
The network of narrow stream valleys that flow off this towering volcano in central Mexico are sometimes used as roads—or convenient places to set up soccer pitches or sift for building materials.
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