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Satellites Size Up Bubbles of Methane in Lake Ice
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Published July 14, 2020
Synthetic Aperture Radar is offering scientists a new way to measure how much of the potent greenhouse gas is bubbling up from frozen Arctic lakes.
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Another Lively Season of Night-Shining Clouds
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Published July 9, 2020
Extremely cold and wet conditions in the mesosphere have led to abundant noctilucent clouds.
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Scouting Watering Holes from Space
Published July 2, 2020
Satellites may make it easier for nomadic herders in Senegal to survive the lean season.
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Johns Hopkins Glacier
Published June 30, 2020
While most glaciers in southeast Alaska are losing an astounding amount of ice, this glacier has been relatively stable.
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Space Station Sails Across the Sun
Published June 27, 2020
A NASA photographer captured the ISS as it passed directly between the Sun and Earth.
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Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise
Published June 10, 2020
In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.
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Mapping a Slow-Motion Landslide
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Published June 5, 2020
Through the study of an unusual, long-lasting slide, has developed a new technique to make prediction easier and more accurate.
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Temperatures Predict Bird Biodiversity
Published June 4, 2020
Small birds prefer winter landscapes that have larger thermal differences, likely because they offer more opportunities to find refuge from the cold.
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Astronauts Launch from American Soil
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Published June 2, 2020
A commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft has safely delivered two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
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A New Lake—Water Not Lava—On Kilauea
Published May 8, 2020
After its lava lake drained and the floor dropped, water has been pooling up in the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u crater for several months.
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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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