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A New World Built of Sand
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Published May 28, 2022
Dubai’s coast has some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects on Earth.
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Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
Published May 21, 2022
The park’s semi-arid climate and volcanic features contribute to the peculiar landscape along southeastern Spain’s Mediterranean coastline.
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Traces of an Ancient Watery World in Capitol Reef
Published May 20, 2022
In the Utah desert, the red rocks, cliffs, and canyons of this nautically named national park—and many of its famous fossils—owe their existence to water.
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Spotting Severe Storms with Satellites
Published May 19, 2022
Overshooting tops and above-anvil cirrus plumes are clues that an especially destructive thunderstorm is brewing below.
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Persistent Dust Storms Batter Iraq
Published May 17, 2022
At least eight major events have darkened skies and sickened people in the past six weeks.
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Submarine Eruption of Kavachi Volcano
Published May 16, 2022
Kavachi Volcano in the Southwest Pacific Solomon Islands—where hammerhead sharks prowl—has entered an active phase of eruption.
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New Mexico Wildfire Spawns Fire Cloud
Published May 13, 2022
A massive, early season wildfire that continues to burn in northern New Mexico generated a pyrocumulonimbus cloud.
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San Pedro and Ambergris Cay
Published May 15, 2022
Mangroves and the world’s second longest barrier reef system are among the natural gems around Belize’s largest island.
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Red River Flooding is Worst in a Decade
Published May 11, 2022
A blizzard, multiple rainstorms, and melting winter ice swelled rivers out of their banks and across a flat floodplain in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba.
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Maui’s Iconic Waves
When large waves break in Māʻalaea Bay, they do so with the crushing speed of a freight train.
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Scientists Show How Forests Measure Up
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A new map shows the height of Earth’s forests, from stubby saplings to timbers towering more than 50 meters tall, across the entire land surface.
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Kīlauea’s Lava Lake Persists
Since May 2018, when Kīlauea’s lava lake last drained, the summit crater has filled with water, erupted again, boiled off the water, and refilled with lava.
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