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Venice Holds Back the Adriatic Sea
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Published December 2, 2021
A long-awaited system of movable floodgates is starting to protect the city from the highest tides.
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Tidal Vortices in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Published December 1, 2021
Strong tides create laminar and turbulent flow patterns in waters off far eastern Russia.
Leaf Hunting in Japan
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Published November 30, 2021
Momijiari can last into early December in the country’s southern regions.
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A Seasonal Emerald in the Sahel
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Published November 28, 2021
The Inland Delta of the Niger River is one of the world’s most productive wetlands.
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Indonesia’s Twin Peaks
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Published November 27, 2021
Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing are symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks in Central Java.
Namib Sand Sea
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Published November 26, 2021
The oldest desert on Earth also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.
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Silting the Cold Sea
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Published November 29, 2021
Greenland’s glaciers grind rock into a fine powder that discolors meltwater and often makes beautiful patterns as it mixes with seawater.
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Paleozoic Plymouths
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Published November 25, 2021
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England, share a historical connection even older than the first Thanksgiving.
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