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A Cirrus Sign of Tornadoes
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Published June 29, 2021
Severe thunderstorms can draw plumes of cirrus clouds into the stratosphere, a sign that tornadoes, large hail, or damaging winds may be coming soon.
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Satellite Senses Subtle Amazon Seasonality
Published June 1, 2021
An analysis of geostationary satellite data found a 10 to 15 percent increase in greening around the rainforest during the dry season.
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Shadows from a Solar Eclipse
Published December 14, 2020
The first and only total eclipse of 2020 stretched from the equatorial Pacific to the South Atlantic, passing through southern Argentina and Chile.
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A Destructive Abundance
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Published December 9, 2020
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was supercharged, and not just in raw numbers.
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Sea Level Watcher Takes Flight
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Published November 24, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea surface height.
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Dangerous Hurricane Iota Sets Late-Season Records
Published November 16, 2020
Before 2020, only four category 4 or 5 hurricanes had ever made landfall in Nicaragua. Now two are going to land in just two weeks.
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Eta Heads to Central America
Published November 3, 2020
The category 4 storm was expected to drop 40 to 50 centimeters of rain across areas of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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Wildfire Smoke Shrouds the U.S. West
Published August 20, 2020
An unusual amount of smoke from wildfires has spread across hundreds of miles.
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Smoke from Apple Fire Spreads
Published August 3, 2020
Wildfire smoke from California traveled hundreds to miles and obscured skies in central Arizona.
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Tropical Depression Cristobal
Published June 8, 2020
The tropical cyclone continued to weaken as it moved inland, but still threatened parts of the United States with heavy rain.
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