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Lituya Bay’s Apocalyptic Wave
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Published November 23, 2020
One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.
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Tremendous Tides in Broad Sound
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Published November 21, 2020
Tidal swings here are greater than at any other place on the east coast of Australia.
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Shedding Light on Greenland
Published November 15, 2020
Nature’s beauty overtook science for an evening.
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Stained Winyah Bay
Published November 12, 2020
One of the first attempts to set up a permanent European colony in the contiguous United States ended in disaster.
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Jason and the Bloomonauts
Published November 8, 2020
Dynamic mixing and churning of currents around some South Atlantic islands makes for biologically productive waters.
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Copper River Valley Dust Cloud
Published November 5, 2020
Dust storms are relatively common in places like the Sahara Desert, but they also happen at high latitudes in places such as Alaska.
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Severe Drought in South America
Published November 4, 2020
Satellite gravimetry data indicates the ongoing drought is the continent's second most intense since 2002.
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Spain’s Stained River
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Published October 30, 2020
The unusually red and acidic Rio Tinto harbors microscopic life that could inform the search for life on Mars.
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East Troublesome Fire Spreads to the Rockies
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Published October 26, 2020
The blaze grew 140,000 acres in 24 hours to become the second largest fire in Colorado history.
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Iran’s Rainbow Island
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A mix of uplifting salt and other sedimentary and metamorphic rocks make for colorful landscapes in the Persian Gulf.
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Record-Setting Fires in Colorado and California
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Published October 21, 2020
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
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Winter is Coming
Long blue shadows on the snow portend frigid days ahead in this far eastern corner of Siberia.
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Rebounding in Hudson Bay
Published October 19, 2020
Raised beaches around the bay in Canada’s Ontario Province show how the landscape responded after the last ice age.
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Assessing California Fire Scars
Published October 14, 2020
Analyzing subtle differences in near-infrared and shortwave-infrared light from the landscape, scientists can provide some measure of the severity of wildfire burns.
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Romania’s Patchwork of Farm Fields
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Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.
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The Specter of a Mega-Tsunami in Alaska
Published October 6, 2020
Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
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Sandy Plains in the Arctic
Published October 5, 2020
Unlike the vegetated tundra of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land is a barren sandy plain that also serves as a land bridge.
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Spalte Splits
Published October 1, 2020
In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.
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Mapping Shallow Seafloors
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Published September 29, 2020
By combining satellite measurements with ship-based sonar data, researchers are working to fill the gaps in coastal ocean maps.
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Iraq Lakes Bounce Back
Published September 26, 2020
After decades of low water levels, two of Iraq’s popular lakes appear to be filling again.
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