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After a rainstorm, a loader removes trash with high concentrations of plastic at the mouth of the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, California.

Wasting Away

Mapping stormwater runoff in Southern California helps keep toxins at bay.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A Japanese home drifts in the Pacific Ocean a few days after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

Warnings from the Ionosphere

GPS may be able to pace tsunamis.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Photograph of the Great Smoky Mountains

Volatile Trees

Forests fill the air with more than just a fresh scent.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A pressure ridge forms on the sea ice near Scott Base in Antarctica.

Unexpected Ice

Sea ice in the Southern Ocean defies predictions.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Malayan tapirs are primarily nocturnal, so camera traps usually catch them at night.

Trapping Tapirs

An endangered species emerges from the shadows.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Person walking through flooded streets after Hurricane Sandy

Time and Tide

Scientists pit nature against nature to protect New Yorkers from storms.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Image of icy mountains

The Un-Ice Age

Earth’s remaining ice sheets head for the ocean.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

River water is part of life in Bangladesh and when contaminated it can spread cholera.

The Time of Cholera

The color of water could be a tool for heading off epidemics.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

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