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The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea…
What is an El Niño?
If you want to understand how interconnected our planet is—how patterns and events in one place can affect life half a world away—study El Niño.
Learn more about What is an El Niño?
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