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Scotland’s Flow Country
Blanket bogs in the Scottish Highlands store vast amounts of carbon.
Autumn Mornings Bring Valley Fog
Low clouds trace the branching valleys of the Appalachian Plateau and the Cumberland River, then burn off by afternoon.
Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir
Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.
NASA telescope plummets back to Earth
The decommissioned Swift Observatory turned a two-year mission into more than two decades of science. The post NASA telescope plummets back to Earth appeared fi…
A Global Rebound for Mangroves
After decades of decline, this ecologically significant type of forest is making a comeback.





