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Sea Level Watcher Takes Flight
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Published November 24, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea surface height.
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Dangerous Hurricane Iota Sets Late-Season Records
Published November 16, 2020
Before 2020, only four category 4 or 5 hurricanes had ever made landfall in Nicaragua. Now two are going to land in just two weeks.
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Eta Heads to Central America
Published November 3, 2020
The category 4 storm was expected to drop 40 to 50 centimeters of rain across areas of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Wildfire Smoke Shrouds the U.S. West
Published August 20, 2020
An unusual amount of smoke from wildfires has spread across hundreds of miles.
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Smoke from Apple Fire Spreads
Published August 3, 2020
Wildfire smoke from California traveled hundreds to miles and obscured skies in central Arizona.
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Tropical Depression Cristobal
Published June 8, 2020
The tropical cyclone continued to weaken as it moved inland, but still threatened parts of the United States with heavy rain.
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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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Moisture Pummels the Pacific Northwest
Published February 7, 2020
Following an exceptionally wet January, an atmospheric river carried even more moisture into the region in February.
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Turbulent Tropical Skies
Published September 4, 2019
In early September 2019, a loose chain of tropical cyclones lined up across the Western Hemisphere.
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Hurricane Dorian in the Tropical Atlantic
Published August 29, 2019
After brushing past Puerto Rico, the storm began intensifying over open waters.
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Hurricane Willa Closes in on Mexico
Published October 23, 2018
Still a “dangerous hurricane,” the category 3 storm passed the Islas Marías as it closed in on Mexico’s mainland.
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Florida Slammed by Hurricane Michael
Published October 11, 2018
The category 4 storm is believed to be the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Florida Panhandle.
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Florence Crossing Warm Waters on the Way to the Carolinas
Published September 13, 2018
Forecasters expect the major hurricane to get a boost of energy from the Gulf Stream.
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Watery Heatwave Cooks the Gulf of Maine
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Published September 12, 2018
Extreme water temperatures in 2018 fit with a much longer trend in the region, which is among the fastest-warming parts of the global ocean.
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Hurricane Lane Approaches Hawaii
Published August 22, 2018
The category 5 hurricane is on track to encounter the Hawaiian Islands.
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Smoky Skies in North America
Published August 16, 2018
Winds carried thick plumes of smoke and pollution across the United States and Canada.
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Record Warm Waters off Southern California
Published August 8, 2018
A layer of exceptionally warm surface water extended from Point Conception to the Baja California coast.
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Hurricane Maria Lashes Puerto Rico
Published September 21, 2017
Scientists are assessing the damage after the category 4 storm hammered the island with powerful winds, storm surge, and extreme rainfall.
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Maria and Jose Menace the Caribbean and North Atlantic
Published September 20, 2017
Hurricane Maria brought potent winds and dire warnings to Caribbean islands just two weeks after Irma devastated the region.
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