September 10, 2024

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Weather-Making Fire Burns in Southern California Weather-Making Fire Burns in Southern California

Intense blazes, including the Line fire, supercharged afternoon convective clouds.

     
Alaska's Iconic Columbia Glacier Still Retreats Alaska's Iconic Columbia Glacier Still Retreats

The glacier's Main Branch pulled away from a stabilizing rocky outcrop, while melting along the West Branch exposed “new gravelly real estate.”

     
Bustling Beijing Bustling Beijing

China's capital city boasts a diversity of structures, from its historic city center to the concentric roads and high-speed railway that surround it.

     
Lake Erie Blooms Lake Erie Blooms

Algal communities flourish in Lake Erie's western basin each summer. Scientists are looking to new NASA technology to better track them from space.

     
Smoke Fills South American Skies Smoke Fills South American Skies

Drought has amplified fire activity across the continent, contributing to exceptionally high carbon emissions in Bolivia and Brazil.

     
Southeast China Braces for Yagi Southeast China Braces for Yagi

After hitting the Philippines, the powerful storm is churning toward landfall near China's Hainan Island.

     
Floods Swamp Sudan Floods Swamp Sudan

Flash flooding has inundated villages, swamped farmland, and damaged infrastructure.