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Making Sense of Holes in the Clouds
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Published February 26, 2024
Scientists speculated about these holes for decades, but it’s now well understood that cavum clouds are caused by airplanes.
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Mount Nemrut’s Compelling Caldera
Published February 25, 2024
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye.
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Sediment Fans Out Over the Yangtze Bank
Published February 24, 2024
A distinct plume of suspended sediment is a persistent winter feature off China’s coast.
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Nusantara: A New Capital City in the Forest
Published February 23, 2024
The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024.
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Drought Parches Morocco
Published February 22, 2024
Reservoirs are running out of water and crops are browning in the North African country.
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A Rare Tropical Storm in the South Atlantic
Published February 20, 2024
Akará is only the third such storm recorded in the region since 2015.
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America’s Sinking East Coast
Critical infrastructure is threatened as sinking land amplifies global sea level rise.
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Escaping Home
Published February 17, 2024
Harriet Tubman preferred to navigate the woods and waterways of Maryland’s Eastern Shore on winter nights when guiding enslaved people north on the Underground Railroad.
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Evening Glow in the Junggar Basin
Published February 18, 2024
The setting Sun illuminates the western faces of sand dunes across this low-lying basin in northwestern China.
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Dynamic Dauphin Island
Published February 19, 2024
The barrier island that protects the mouth of Mobile Bay has a history of shifting and merging with nearby islands.
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Badwater Basin Refills
Published February 16, 2024
Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay.
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Ice Swirls Along the Labrador Coast
Published February 15, 2024
An astronaut and satellite sensors captured eye-catching patterns in sea ice.
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