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Lituya Bay’s Apocalyptic Wave
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Published November 20, 2020
One of the tallest tsunami waves known to science slammed this Alaskan bay in 1958.
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Thomsen River Estuary, Banks Island
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Published November 30, 2020
Sea ice and waterways along the north side of Canada’s high-Arctic island reveal compelling patterns when viewed from above.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Land Motion
Published November 5, 2020
Earth’s surface may seem motionless most of the time, but an array of measurements show that natural and human-caused processes cause coastal land to rise and fall.
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Ice Height
Scientists project ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets will play a large part in sea level rise in the upcoming century.
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Snowy and Icy Peaks with Very Different Origins
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Published October 25, 2020
Researchers find that ice caps on the mountains of Pluto are made of methane, but develop through an opposite process from that on Earth.
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Mining for Iron at Mount Whaleback
Published October 17, 2020
The site in Western Australia holds one of the country’s largest and oldest iron ore mines.
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The Specter of a Mega-Tsunami in Alaska
Published October 5, 2020
Landsat images helped convince researchers that a slumping mountainside overlooking Barry Arm fjord could pose a tsunami hazard.
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Cracking Icy Secrets of New Penguin Colonies
Published September 24, 2020
Populations of gentoo penguins are growing, and remote sensing data are helping scientists figure out why.
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Inlet’s Iceberg Maker Is Nearly Gone
Published August 31, 2020
Retreating glaciers have changed how visitors experience Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.
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