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Windy City of Lights
(2024/11/24 05:00)
Orange, yellow, and white lights span Chicago at night, illuminating its gridded downtown and tracing its sinuous rivers and parks.
Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines
(2024/11/23 05:00)
The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s continents have entered a persistently drier phase.
A Hazy, Foggy Day in Italy’s Po Valley
(2024/11/22 05:00)
Research suggests that airborne particles called aerosols contribute to longer-lasting outbreaks of fog.
Extratropical Cyclone Whips Over the Pacific Northwest
(2024/11/20 22:21)
Damaging winds from the strong storm knocked out power for thousands of people in Washington state.
November Puzzler
(2024/11/19 21:17)
Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024
(2024/11/19 21:09)
Global temperatures have soared in recent years and climate scientists are trying to understand why.
Mount Fuji Bare Again After Fleeting Snow
(2024/11/19 05:00)
The volcano’s first snow of the season fell in early November 2024—the latest in a 130-year record—only to apparently vanish within a few days.
Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas
(2024/11/18 05:00)
Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island’s marshes and mudflats.