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A mountain gorilla nestles within dense vegetation in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda.

Heart of Drought

A mighty forest fades in the Congo.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

This angiogram, an X-ray technique using an injected dye, reveals a healthy human heart.

Heart Disease is in the Air

The air you breathe could be harming your heart.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A famer in southern St. Elizabeth, Jamaica prepares his field for planting his next crop of potatoes

Growing Jamaica

Local knowledge plus satellites may help farmers catch a crop.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

This FLUXNET tower is one of many worldwide that scientists have erected to constantly monitor landscape health and productivity.

Grasping the Subtle Needs of Vegetation

Researchers seek to understand the invisible ingredients that make plants thrive.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Photograph of tree canopy in Missouri damaged by a late spring freeze in April 2007

Freezing in a Warming World

The Easter Freeze of 2007 provides clues to the future of plants.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Children play in the fountains at Dilworth Park in Philadelphia.

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Cities grapple with heat waves.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A peach picked in an orchard in Contra Costa, California

Exposed Orchards

A valley grows unsettled about the lack of fog.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

The eruption of Chaitén Volcano in Chile in May 2008 triggered dramatic lightning displays, illuminating the ash and smoke plume.

Experiment in the Sky

A train of satellites follows the atmospheric effects of a volcanic eruption.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

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