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Greenland Refrozen
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Published April 29, 2019
Most indications of meltwater ponds and lakes on the ice sheet are leftovers from past seasons that have since refrozen.
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Länta Glacier: Small and Getting Smaller
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Published April 1, 2019
Like many glaciers around the world, this glacier in the Swiss Alps is shrinking.
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A Shocking Interaction
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Published March 30, 2019
Scientists got a glimpse of perhaps the first-ever images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in flight.
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A Honking, Fluttering Spectacle
Published March 26, 2019
Flooded rice fields in the winter help farmers soften plant stubble for spring tilling. They also provide an oasis for migratory birds.
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Jupiter or Earth?
Published March 11, 2019
Governed by the same laws of physics, very different planets display similar patterns.
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China’s Fields of Gold
Published March 9, 2019
In Luoping County, spring brings an explosion of canola flowers.
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Seaweed and Fish World
Published March 7, 2019
With floating villages, expansive seaweed farms, and hundreds of thousands of fish cages, Sansha Bay has one of the most extensive aquaculture operations in the world.
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Toward Mapping the Atmosphere’s Escape from Earth
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Published December 17, 2018
A pair of sounding rockets took aim at the aurora over Svalbard, Norway, to help scientists understand how Earth loses oxygen into space.
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Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg
Published November 8, 2018
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
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