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PACE Makes it to Space
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Published February 9, 2024
NASA’s PACE satellite lifted off from Florida and headed for orbit, from where it will observe microscopic organisms in Earth’s oceans and particles in the air.
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Potent Storm Drenches California
Published February 7, 2024
Torrential rain fell on southern parts of the state, the product of an intense atmospheric river.
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Solar and Batteries Go Big in the Desert
A chart-topping solar-plus-storage project in the Mojave became fully operational in January 2024.
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Fires Rage in Central Chile
Published February 5, 2024
Fueled by a summer heatwave, the blazes scorched entire neighborhoods in the city of Viña del Mar.
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Greenland’s Biggest Losers
An analysis of satellite data found that most of the island’s glaciers have retreated significantly, with Zachariæ Isstrøm and Sermeq Kujalleq losing the most mass.
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Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon
Published February 4, 2024
This coastal stretch of South Africa’s Western Cape province supports industry, fishing, farming, tourism, and a nature reserve.
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Fire Chars Pringle Bay
Published February 1, 2024
Hot, windy weather has fueled outbreaks of fire in South Africa’s Western Cape.
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Tracking the Invisible Movement of Water
Published February 2, 2024
A moisture measurement tool known as OpenET is improving the way farmers, ranchers, and water resource managers steward one of Earth’s most precious resources.
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Indonesia’s Mahakam Delta
Once covered in palms and mangroves, about half of this wetland has been converted for aquaculture.
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Another Puff of Ash from Popocatépetl
Published January 30, 2024
The towering volcano has been erupting for decades, with near constant gas emissions venting from the crater punctuated by bursts of ash.
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Saharan Dust Blows Toward Europe
Published January 29, 2024
Sustained winds carried desert dust over the ocean, where it engulfed island groups and then streamed toward the United Kingdom.
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Retreat at Klinaklini
The large Coast Range glacier is one of thousands in western Canada that have shrunk in recent decades as temperatures rise.
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