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A Deluge for Roswell
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Published October 22, 2024
The city in southeastern New Mexico received four times more rainfall in a day than it usually receives in a month.
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Another Atmospheric River Hits British Columbia
Published October 21, 2024
A potent storm brought heavy rain and gusty winds to southwestern Canada and the U.S. state of Washington in October 2024.
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Water for a Desert Lake in Algeria
Scientists are studying the rare filling of Sebkha el Melah for clues about past—and possibly future—greening of the Sahara Desert.
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Madagascar’s Betsiboka River Delta
Published October 20, 2024
The growing network of channels and islands now spans more than half of the estuary that was once open to ships.
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Where Warehouses Are Built, Air Pollution Follows
Published October 19, 2024
New research shows that the presence of warehouses in the Los Angeles area is associated with higher levels of airborne particulate pollution.
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Pyramid Lake in Bloom
Published October 17, 2024
Blooms of cyanobacteria develop in the brackish waters of this Nevada lake nearly every year.
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Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Approached Historic Lows
Sea ice in the Arctic continued a decades-long downward trend in its minimum summer extent, while sea ice around Antarctica saw meager winter growth in 2024.
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A Colorful Aurora Paints the Night Sky
Published October 16, 2024
A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth’s poles.
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Meanders of the Irrawaddy River
Published October 13, 2024
River channels old and new wind across a floodplain in Burma (Myanmar), mingling with areas of agriculture and aquaculture.
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Arrives from Afar
Published October 12, 2024
A “dirty snowball” from the distant icy cloud encircling our solar system passed by the Sun and Earth in autumn 2024.
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Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America
Published October 15, 2024
Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region’s rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries.
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First Stop: Tofua
Published October 14, 2024
British Royal Naval officer William Bligh and 18 loyalists headed for this volcanic island in Tonga after a mutiny on the HMS Bounty.
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