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A view of Earth’s thin atmosphere from the International Space Station.
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Paying Attention to the “Ignorosphere”

by Heather Goss 22 April 20213 November 2021

Scientists discuss geospace and what we could learn if we put some more eyes on this region in the atmosphere. Read more in our special themed issue.

A house built on permafrost, now thawing, tilts dramatically.
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Mapping the People, Places, and Problems of Permafrost Thaw

by J. Besl 21 April 202128 September 2021

By combining demography data with permafrost maps, researchers provide a first count of the population on permafrost and predict its imminent decline.

People stand atop debris from a huge slump landslide in Uganda.
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Landslides Mar the “Pearl of Africa”

by H. Mafaranga 19 April 202126 October 2021

Behind Uganda’s lavish beauty, climate change has taken its toll: Death, destroyed properties, and displaced communities increase as above-normal rainfall floods the country.

Several large telescopes are reflected in water at sunset at a mountaintop observatory in Chile.
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Making the Universe Blurrier

by Damond Benningfield 13 April 202128 September 2021

Climate change appears to be directly and indirectly affecting the view from at least one observatory while threatening the existence of others.

Workers clear flood and landslide debris from a cliffside
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Migrant Workers Among the Most Vulnerable to Himalayan Disasters

by Rishika Pardikar 12 April 202128 September 2021

Critics say companies are failing to develop adequate emergency procedures to protect construction workers on hydropower plants in the Himalayas.

Artist’s rendering of a thunderstorm occurring during a winter snowstorm
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Rare Wintertime Thunderstorms Recorded over the U.S. Gulf Coast

by Katherine Kornei 6 April 202128 September 2021

“Thundersnow”—thunderstorm activity accompanying a winter storm—was spotted near southern Texas earlier this year.

Tree rings visible in a slice of oak
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Oak Trees Offer a Continuous Climate Record for Central Europe

by Stacy Kish 2 April 202128 September 2021

A method using nonpooled, continuous stable carbon and oxygen isotopes recorded in oak trees benefits climate reconstructions.

Thousands of stars of many colors on a black background
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1.3 Million Pairs of Stars Surround the Sun

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 31 March 202128 September 2021

Roughly half of Sun-like stars have a stellar sibling, and a surprising fraction of those siblings are identical twins.

Red rocks of the Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park
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Red Rocks: Using Color to Understand Climate Change

by R. Mazumdar 30 March 202128 September 2021

A recent study on hematite formation during the Triassic may help predict the effects of climate change on contemporary monsoonal environments.

Lightning flashes over jagged cliffs
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Arctic Lightning Up 300% in One 11-Year Study

by Katherine Kornei 26 March 202128 September 2021

The increase may be due to climate change, researchers suggest, but the trend hasn’t been observed in other lightning data sets.

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