Bugs detected by D.C.’s weather likely include cicadas – The Washington Post

The cicadas across our region have been relentless, sparking a social media frenzy and keeping nature reporters in the D.C. area busy. Now they’ve made their way onto weather maps, too. They, along with other insects, can be seen on Doppler radars ordinarily used to track storms. Over the weekend, plots from D.C.-area weather radars…

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National parks report on climate change finally released, uncensored | Reveal

Backing away from attempts at censorship, the National Park Service on Friday released a report charting the risks to national parks from sea level rise and storms. Drafts of the report obtained earlier this year by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting showed park service officials had deleted every mention of humans causing climate…

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What’s happening inside Hawaii’s Kilauea, the world’s longest-erupting volcano – The Washington Post

A plume of ash rises from Kilauea on Thursday. (USGS/Reuters) On Monday, a lava lake vanished from the top of Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii. The flow of liquid rock that normally fills Puu Oo crater, on the volcano’s eastern flank, had been abruptly turned off. Days later, a crack opened in the ground at a subdivision more than 10 miles…

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Hawaii volcano: Kilauea lava destroys Leilani Estates homes, earthquakes rattle Big Island – The Washington Post

Less than a week ago, Leilani Estates was the picture of serenity on Hawaii’s Big Island, a subdivision in the island’s eastern Puna district filled with wooden homes nestled in tropical plant-filled lots. The latest eruption of the island’s most active volcano changed everything. Shortly after Kilauea erupted Thursday, the ground split open on the east…

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