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-- FIRES (1 updated event, 2 new images) --

2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U S Fire season in the West can stretch from late spring until seasonal winter rains and snow arrive Climate change has made recent warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles

* Thick Smoke Obscures California Skies (Image from Aug 19, 2020; Posted Aug 19, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
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* Smoke Blankets Northern California (Image from Aug 18, 2020; Posted Aug 19, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
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-- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

BLOOMS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 2020 As hours of sunlight increase in the northern hemisphere, the oceans come alive with blooms of phytoplankton, algae, and seaweed

* Beguiling Bloom in The Baltic Sea (Image from Aug 15, 2020; Posted Aug 19, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
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gov/images/147135/beguiling-bloom-in-the-baltic-sea/?src=nha

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