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Arctic Sea Ice is More Modest than Maximal
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Published March 23, 2022
Ice cover in the northern basin reached its annual maximum in late February, the third earliest in the satellite record.
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Dry Winds and Grasses Fuel Texas Fires
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Published March 21, 2022
More than 100,000 acres have burned in a mid-March wildfire outbreak.
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West Lothian Shale Bings
The spoils heaps left by mining during Scotland’s first oil boom continue to shape the landscape today.
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San Luis Valley
Published March 20, 2022
The region has been home to Native Americans for centuries, and a periodic training spot for astronauts for five decades.
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March of the Icebergs
Published March 19, 2022
After nearly pummeling the vulnerable Brunt Ice Shelf, a flock of Antarctic icebergs settles in for the austral winter.
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Cloud Party in the Pacific
Published March 18, 2022
Two eye-catching cloud types—flower-shaped actinoform and spiraling von Kármán vortices—popped up off the coast of Chile in March.
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An Atmospheric River of Dust
Published March 16, 2022
An atmospheric river carried a plume of Saharan dust to Western Europe, blanketing cities and ski slopes, and degrading air quality.
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There GOES Another Weather Watcher
Two weeks after its launch, the nation’s newest weather satellite has reached geostationary orbit.
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No Breathing Easy for City Dwellers: Particulates
Published March 15, 2022
A new satellite-derived dataset links concentrations of fine particulate matter in air pollution with health outcomes in cities around the world.
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No Breathing Easy for City Dwellers: Nitrogen Dioxide
Published March 14, 2022
A new satellite-derived global dataset links concentrations of nitrogen dioxide with cases of pediatric asthma in urban areas around the world.
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Not So Green Houses
Published March 13, 2022
The use of plastic on farms has become so common in recent decades that there there’s a term for it—plasticulture.
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Agriculture Fans Out in Turkmenistan
Published March 12, 2022
Fed by mountain streams and a canal, the Murgab and Tedzhen fans are irrigated farming oases in arid Central Asia.
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