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2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record
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Published January 14, 2021
Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 1.2°C (2°F) since the late 19th century.
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The Drying U.S. West
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Published December 11, 2020
A serious drought has flared up across half of the United States—a familiar story for the past two decades.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Ocean Altimetry
Published November 5, 2020
The ocean is lumpy and sloshes around its basins for natural reasons. But it is also rising, slowly and steadily.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion
Earth’s surface may seem motionless most of the time, but an array of measurements show that natural and human-caused processes cause coastal land to rise and fall.
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California’s Rising and Sinking Coast
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Published October 23, 2020
Millions of people in the state live in low-lying coastal areas where land subsidence is exacerbating the risks of sea level rise.
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Cracking Icy Secrets of New Penguin Colonies
Published September 24, 2020
Populations of gentoo penguins are growing, and remote sensing data are helping scientists figure out why.
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California Heatwave Fits a Trend
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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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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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A Third of the U.S. Faces Drought
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Published August 13, 2020
The failure of the summer monsoon and other moisture carrying systems has parched more than 90 percent of some states.
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