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A person sits at a desk looking at a laptop screen and a computer monitor. The screens show a globe displaying a tsunami dataset in SOS Explorer.

Immerse yourself in Earth and space: Get SOS Explorer

June 5, 2024

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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness

StoryMap: The pandemic and air quality

September 26, 2022

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