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<article class="teaser blog-teaser teaser--with-image teaser--horizontal " data-component-id="nsf_theme:blog-teaser"> <div class="teaser--image__wrapper "> <img class="" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/media_hub/NEON%20SYCA%20Post%20Fire%20Barrel%20Cactus%20Close-up_Colin%20Williams_NSF%20NEON%20Operated%20by%20Battelle.jpg?VersionId=wKG2lFFQu3lSBBLrO74Zvu1z9irSh2ny&itok=NJe9kPp-" alt="A charred barrel cactus lies on the ground in front of the fire hut at the NSF NEON Sycamore Creek site." /> </div> <div class="teaser--content__wrapper"> <div class="teaser--content"> <h3 class="teaser--title"> <a href="/science-matters/fire-field-site-what-we-can-learn-disturbances-nsf-national"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Fire at the field site: What we can learn from disturbances at NSF National Ecological Observatory Network sites </span> </a></h3> <div class="date"> <time datetime="2025-01-24T11:00:00-05:00" title="Friday, January 24, 2025 - 11:00" class="datetime">January 24, 2025</time> </div> <div class="teaser--content__text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-blog-body"> According to the National Interagency Fire Center , from December 2023 to December 2024, there were over 52,000 separate wildfires in the United States. </div> <div class="node_view"></div></div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="blog-item"> <article class="teaser blog-teaser teaser--with-image teaser--horizontal " data-component-id="nsf_theme:blog-teaser"> <div class="teaser--image__wrapper "> <img class="" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/media_hub/Vincent%20Ledvina%20-%209-11-24%20Aurora%2C%20North%20Pole-102.jpg?VersionId=xhbU5XUvAu41aC1x0p7y_h8kPvGBB_gO&itok=pLg68FXj" alt="aurora borealis" /> </div> <div class="teaser--content__wrapper"> <div class="teaser--content"> <h3 class="teaser--title"> <a href="/science-matters/how-catch-aurora"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">How to catch an aurora</span> </a></h3> <div class="date"> <time datetime="2025-01-21T08:49:46-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 08:49" class="datetime">January 21, 2025</time> </div> <div class="teaser--content__text"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-blog-body"> Do you wish you had caught nature's dazzling light shows that the sun provided in 2024? Fear not — U.S. </div> <div class="node_view"></div></div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="blog-item"> <article class="teaser blog-teaser teaser--with-image teaser--horizontal " data-component-id="nsf_theme:blog-teaser"> <div class="teaser--image__wrapper "> <img class="" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/media_hub/CIVIC_Science_Matters_Hero_Image.jpg?VersionId=PhvMoHV0gkBTgtCvMuIzYgX97SMm2hHh&itok=nGdz7_WG" alt="A composite image. CIVIC Forum 2024. Top Left: Name tags for CIVIC Forum 2024. Top Right: Banner for event. Bottom left: Tote bag with tagline for CIVIC Forum 2024. 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