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Unusual Snowfall in Greenland
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Published September 15, 2021
The remnants of Hurricane Larry dropped abundant snowfall on Greenland just as the summer melt season was coming to an end.
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Fossil Fjords in Namibia
Published September 14, 2021
Ice that carved a network of valleys 300 million years ago has long since disappeared, but the original shapes of the valleys remain.
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Hurricane Ida Leaves a Trail of Oil
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Published September 10, 2021
Federal and state agencies and private companies are working to find and contain oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico.
A Meeting of Ice and Dunes
Published September 13, 2021
Shadows accentuate the topography in and around Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur in Mongolia.
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Rapid Intensification for Typhoon Chanthu
Published September 9, 2021
The potent storm in the Western Pacific intensified from a tropical depression to a super typhoon in less than 48 hours.
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A Changed Landscape in Southern Louisiana
Published September 8, 2021
Hurricane Ida left behind large new patches of open water that scientists will be watching closely to see if vegetation and healthy marshes return.
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Mapping Methane Emissions in California
Using precision instruments and new mapping and machine-learning tools, a research team has been pinpointing sources of the greenhouse gas.
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Ice Persists in the Northwest Passage
The decline of sea ice in the Arctic has made the passage increasingly viable for ships, but it’s still not always smooth sailing.
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Zuiderzee Works
Published September 6, 2021
Where the Netherlands meets the North Sea, there is an impressive confluence of natural and man-made features.
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Spotlight on the Galápagos Islands
Published September 5, 2021
Sunglint helps tease out features that are not often visible.
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Flash Floods from Ida Swamp the Northeast
Published September 2, 2021
Many of the worst-hit areas in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York saw 6 to 10 inches of rain fall in just a few hours.
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Climate Change Pushes Fires to Higher Ground
Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.
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