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Heat and Fire Scorches Siberia
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Published June 23, 2020
Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.
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Satellites Show a Decline in Fire in the U.S. Southeast
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Published May 18, 2020
Among the byproducts of the pandemic and social distancing is a drop in forest management fires on federal lands.
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Nighttime Waves Over the South Atlantic
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Published May 14, 2020
A layer of marine stratocumulus clouds off the west coast of Africa displayed some particularly complex wave patterns.
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Vongfong Makes Landfall in the Philippines
The first typhoon of the year in the Western Pacific was later than usual and quite potent.
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Taking Temperatures from ISS
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Published April 7, 2020
During nearly a year of flight testing on the space station, a new thermal infrared camera collected more than 15 million images.
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Tropical Cyclone Harold Blasts Vanuatu
Published April 6, 2020
The category 5 storm wreaked havoc on the small island nation in the South Pacific.
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Drifting With Broken Sea Ice
Published March 30, 2020
Cracks in the Arctic sea ice are important for satellite-based measurements of the ice’s thickness. They also pose challenges for ship-based researchers participating in the MOSAiC expedition.
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Nighttime Images Capture Change in China
Published March 26, 2020
Night lights not only speak to where we live, but how.
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A Textbook Weather Front
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Published March 5, 2020
A cold front, warm front, and high-pressure system left their signatures in the clouds.
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Cloud Streets Over the Labrador Sea
Published March 4, 2020
Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
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Winter Flooding in Mississippi and Louisiana
Published February 29, 2020
Persistent heavy rains in the first two months of 2020 have swelled rivers from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cyclones over Australia
Published February 25, 2020
Late summer cyclones Ferdinand and Esther passed over and near northern Australia.
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Great Lakes, Not so Great Ice
Published February 19, 2020
Warm air prevailed in the 2019-2020 winter season, preventing much ice from forming on the lakes.
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Canada Lit by Aurora and Moonlight
Published February 5, 2020
The waxing gibbous Moon and the snow and ice on the mountains and lakes give the landscape extra visual definition.
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East Coast Snow and Lake Erie Color
Published January 21, 2020
The white landscape contrasts with the dark and colorful water, which at the time had very little ice cover.
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A Decline in Asian Dust
Published January 17, 2020
Changing winds and more vegetation are probably contributing to the trend.
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Watching Meteors from Space
Astronaut Christina Koch snapped a picture of the Quadrantids in January 2020.
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Growth of a Summer Storm
Published January 16, 2020
Afternoon thunderstorms are a typical phenomenon during summer in Western Australia.
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Explosive Fire Activity in Australia
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Published January 9, 2020
Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
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