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New Fires Scorch the Hills of Southern California
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Published December 4, 2020
The state’s brutal fire season has not ended.
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A Swirl of Old Supercontinent Silt
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Published December 8, 2020
On the island of Spitsbergen, glaciers grind up sandstone, leaving an abundance of sediment that stains the meltwater.
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Early Melting Along the Antarctic Peninsula
Published December 3, 2020
About a month before the start of astronomical summer in the southern hemisphere, vast areas of sea ice were already painted blue with meltwater.
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An Unexpected Expanse of Sand in Alaska
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Published December 2, 2020
Dune fields of interest to scientists who study the Red Planet stand out in the Kobuk Valley amid a backdrop of green.
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Outburst at Desolation Lake
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Published November 30, 2020
A flood in a glacial lake behind Lituya Glacier surprised an unsuspecting fisherman and reworked a young delta in Alaska.
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Painting Pennsylvania Hills
Published November 28, 2020
The region of rolling hills and valleys is part of a geologic formation known as the Ridge and Valley Province.
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Lituya Bay’s Apocalyptic Wave
Published November 20, 2020
One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.
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