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Cloud Building Over Hainan
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Published May 27, 2020
The clouds that frequently produce severe weather—cumulonimbus—are seen building up during the afternoon over the South China Sea.
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Amphan Batters India, Bangladesh
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Published May 20, 2020
The first tropical cyclone of the 2020 season in the North Indian basin made landfall, delivering substantial storm surge to coastal areas.
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Perma-Blooms off Mauritania
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Published May 8, 2020
In a bay off the coast of northwest Africa, conditions are almost always just right for phytoplankton blooms.
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New Zealand Browned by Drought
Published May 7, 2020
North Island vegetation shows signs of stress during one the region’s most severe droughts on record.
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A Fiery Month in Zulia
Published April 28, 2020
After dry weather parched the soil and vegetation, large fires burned in the northwestern Venezuela state.
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Mapping Moose Populations in Russia
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Published April 24, 2020
Researchers using vegetation data to explain moose population dynamics run into a hidden variable and a possible signature of history.
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Tornado Sweeps Through Mississippi
Published April 15, 2020
One of the more intense tornados to raze the ground in April 2020 left a scar visible from space.
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Fires Burn in Northern Ukraine
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Published April 9, 2020
For six days, wildfires have been spreading near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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A Sea of Color and Wind
Phytoplankton and sediment produced a vivid display in this relatively shallow sea between Great Britain and northern Europe.
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A Dusty Day Over the Aral Sea
Published March 25, 2020
The shrinking of this once-vast inland lake means winds more frequently pick up dust from the exposed lakebed.
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Snow-Parched Scandinavia
Published March 23, 2020
Winter is loosening its grip on the Northern Hemisphere, but the seasonal change in Northern Europe is less dramatic than most years.
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Smoke Blankets Thailand and Burma (Myanmar)
Published March 19, 2020
Seasonal agricultural fires and wildfires are polluting the region’s air.
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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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Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada
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
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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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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A Textbook Weather Front
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Published March 5, 2020
A cold front, warm front, and high-pressure system left their signatures in the 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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ECOSTRESS Sees Plants Waking Up
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Published February 25, 2020
An instrument on the International Space Station observed vegetation beginning to stir on summer mornings near Lake Superior.
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