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Cyclone Yasa Bearing Down on Fiji
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Published December 16, 2020
The storm is the second category 5 in the South Pacific this year.
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Sluggish Start for Arctic Sea Ice Freeze-Up
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Published December 8, 2020
Early ice retreat amid warm Arctic air temperatures set the stage for the slow refreeze in 2020.
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Spring Heats Up Down Under
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Published December 3, 2020
The country endured its hottest spring and November on record.
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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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Large, Deep Antarctic Ozone Hole in 2020
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Published November 2, 2020
Ozone depletion was significantly worse than in 2019, but better than in the early 2000s.
Hurricane Delta Aims for the U.S. Gulf Coast
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Published October 8, 2020
After making landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, the category 2 storm was strengthening over warm waters.
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A Meeting of Smoke and Storms
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Published September 17, 2020
Satellites tracked smoke from wildfires as it spanned the continental United States and followed winds around two hurricanes.
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California Heatwave Fits a Trend
Published September 10, 2020
A new study shows heatwaves in Southern California have increased in frequency, duration, and intensity over recent decades.
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Super Typhoon Haishen
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Published September 4, 2020
The storm is poised to hit the Korean Peninsula, making it the third typhoon to encounter the peninsula in just two weeks.
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August Fires Leave Vast Burn Scars in California
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Published August 27, 2020
The LNU and SCU Lightning Complex fires—the second and third largest fires in state history—have burned more than 700,000 acres of land.
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A Dangerous Storm Nears the Gulf Coast
Published August 26, 2020
Hurricane Laura is poised to cause an unusually large and damaging storm surge.
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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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How Birds Respond to Extreme Weather
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Published August 19, 2020
Extreme weather events such as heat waves and drought affect the presence of certain bird species.
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Predicting Cholera Risk in Yemen
Published August 12, 2020
Researchers are using satellite and ground data to forecast the risk of cholera in the country, which has consistently experienced cases since 2017.
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Could COVID-19 Have Seasons?
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Published August 4, 2020
Scientists are probing environmental data from reanalysis models in the hopes of finding answers.
Checking on Chikungunya
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Published July 28, 2020
Researchers can predict potential outbreaks of the mosquito-borne virus months in advance by using satellite data.
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Methane Emissions Continue to Rise
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Published July 15, 2020
Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.
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A Dust Plume to Remember
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Published June 29, 2020
While dust routinely blows across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists rarely see plumes as large and dense with particles as the one that darkened Caribbean skies in June 2020.
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Dust Traverses the Atlantic Ocean
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Published June 19, 2020
A tremendous plume of dust from North Africa drifts toward the Caribbean and contiguous United States.
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Mapping Moose Populations in Russia
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Published April 27, 2020
Researchers using vegetation data to explain moose population dynamics run into a hidden variable and a possible signature of history.
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Unusual Weather Leads to Ozone Low Over the Arctic
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Published April 16, 2020
While such low concentrations of ozone are unusual, they are not unprecedented.
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Tracking Water for the Navajo Nation
Published April 20, 2020
A new web tool designed by NASA applied scientists could help the tribe anticipate and respond to drought.
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Could Satellites Help Head Off a Locust Invasion?
Published March 30, 2020
Researchers are using satellite data to understand where locusts may spread during the largest infestation in eastern Africa in decades.
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Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada
Published March 13, 2020
The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.
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Habitat at Risk for Snow-Dependent Organisms
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Published March 6, 2020
Some species will be exposed to more cold winter air without the insulating protection of snow cover.
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