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Five Factors to Explain the Record Heat in 2023
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Published January 12, 2024
What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered.
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Andes Snowpack Hangs On
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Winter snow lingering into the summer is a welcome sight in drought-stricken Chile.
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Winter Storm Wallops the U.S.
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Published January 10, 2024
A sprawling low-pressure system swept across the eastern half of the U.S., delivering high winds, heavy rain and snow, and tornado damage.
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Foggy Nile
A blanket of morning fog in January made the Nile Delta look like a tuft of cotton.
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Cloud Streets Over the Sea of Okhotsk
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Published January 3, 2024
Parallel rows of cumulus clouds streamed from icy domains out over open water.
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Chilling Out in Brazil
Published December 28, 2023
People have long noticed that the waters around Cabo Frio are unusually cool.
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Making Fire Sense on Monroe Mountain
Published December 14, 2023
A high-intensity prescribed burn in south-central Utah will help restore the region’s aspen trees. It could also improve the lives of people managing, fighting, and living with fire.
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Antarctic Iceberg Sails Away
Published December 1, 2023
Stuck on the seafloor for decades, Iceberg A-23A now freely drifts northward toward warmer, iceberg-destroying waters.
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Drought Fuels Wildfires in the Amazon
Published October 19, 2023
With an El Niño brewing in the Pacific, uncontrolled fires are burning beneath the canopy in some parts of the rainforest.
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Fresh Powder on the Rockies
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A storm brought wintry weather and the first significant snowfall of the season to the Rocky Mountains.
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Darkened by the Moon’s Shadow
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Published October 17, 2023
As the Moon crossed between the Sun and Earth during the 2023 annular eclipse, its shadow darkened skies across the United States.
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