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Slowly Flooding History
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Published March 16, 2020
The 12,000-year old town of Hasankeyf could soon be underwater due to the construction of a new dam.
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Ice Eddies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Published March 13, 2020
Winds and currents stirred up the thin sea ice, forming delicate patterns around Anticosti Island in Quebec, Canada.
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Fresh Water in Channel Country
Big rain events in Queensland can alter the landscape for months as water—and then a carpet of vegetation—moves toward Lake Eyre.
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Jebel Marra, Sudan
The almost circular massif in the Darfur region is a large cluster of volcanoes and lava flows, with a few traces of human activity.
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A Space Communications Hub in Australia
The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex plays a key role in keeping engineers and scientists connected to distant spacecraft.
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Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada
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Published March 12, 2020
The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.
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Satellite Observations Aid Bison Management
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Published March 11, 2020
A new study has found a link between the effects of climate change, the productivity of grasslands, and the proliferation of bison in Yellowstone National Park.
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Fire in the Pantanal
Published March 10, 2020
Even during the wet season, fires can burn in the large wetland region in southwestern Brazil.
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Hints of Spring in the Atlantic
Published March 9, 2020
The season is a time of great change, turbulence, and productivity in northern waters.
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More Dust Blows Out from North Africa
The latest in a series of dust storms carried even more dust and sand off the coast of Morocco and Western Sahara.
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Shelter Cove
Published March 5, 2020
The remote hamlet sits along California’s rugged “Lost Coast.”
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Ever Restless Popocatépetl
The volcano has been erupting since January 2005, with near constant venting from fumaroles, punctuated by minor steam, gas, and ash emissions.
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Cloud Streets Over the Labrador Sea
Published March 4, 2020
Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
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Reflecting on a Tumultuous Amazon Fire Season
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Published March 3, 2020
The reality of science, statistics, and satellites is that a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and severity of a fire season takes time.
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A Burst of Lake Effect Snow
Published March 2, 2020
Though snow droughts kept the ground bare in much of the Northeast, a late-February storm pummeled upstate New York.
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Winter Flooding in Mississippi and Louisiana
Published February 29, 2020
Persistent heavy rains in the first two months of 2020 have swelled rivers from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Plummets Over China
Published February 28, 2020
NO2 amounts have dropped with the coronavirus quarantine, Chinese New Year, and a related economic slowdown.
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The Largest Solar Power Plant in Europe (For Now)
The 500-megawatt Núñez de Balboa photovoltaic plant in Spain will supply energy to 250,000 people per year.
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Rocas Atoll
The only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean is part of Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
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Phenomenal Faults and Folds
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Published February 26, 2020
The striking patterns in northeastern Canada’s flood basalts tell a story of continental collisions that played out almost two billion years ago.
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Cyclones over Australia
Published February 25, 2020
Late summer cyclones Ferdinand and Esther passed over and near northern Australia.
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