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Small Tropical Cyclones Contribute More to Annual Rainfall
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Published January 19, 2008
Though relatively infrequent, tropical cyclones make a significant contribution to the seasonal accumulation of rainfall in the southeastern United States. In a recent study, Dr. Marshall Shepherd and collaborators at the University of Georgia found that tropical storm systems contribute an average of 13 percent of the total rainfall during the hurricane season.
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Dust Plumes over the Red Sea
Published January 18, 2008
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Ramsar Convention and Wetlands in Vietnam
The Dawn of a New Solar Cycle
Published January 17, 2008
On January 4, 2008, the new sunspot—about the width of the Earth, but small by Sun standards—appeared in the Sun’s Northern Hemisphere, with its north magnetic pole (red area) pointing to the right and its south magnetic pole (blue) pointing to the left.
Haze over India, Bangladesh, and the Bay of Bengal
Published January 16, 2008
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Snow in Southwest Asia
Winter settled heavily over Southwest Asia in January 2008. Intense cold and moist air combined to bring rare or unusually heavy snow to Iraq and Iran.
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La Nina Still Going in January 2008
Phytoplankton surround the Falkland Islands
Published January 15, 2008
Millions of tiny, single-celled plant-like organisms ring the Falkland Islands in this photo-like image taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on January 13, 2008. These organisms, called phytoplankton, reflect light, coloring the ocean with whimsical swirls of blue and green.
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Floods in the U.S. Midwest
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Intense Seasonal Floods in Southern Africa
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Snow in southwest Asia
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Cloud Streets Across Caspian Sea
South of the loosely packed ice in the northern part of the sea, parallel rows of clouds line up along the north-south axis of the wind. These “streets” of clouds form when cold air blows over the warmer, moister air that sits over the water.
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