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Pine Beetle Infestation in British Columbia
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Published December 18, 2008
Pine beetles and conifer forests have long coexisted in British Columbia. Numerous outbreaks of pine beetle infestations occurred throughout the twentieth century, but toward the end of the century, conditions were just right for an epidemic.
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El’gygytgyn Crater, Russian Far East
Published December 14, 2008
Russia’s Lake El’gygytgyn rests inside a 3.6-millon-year-old meteorite crater, and preserves the longest continuous climate record in the Arctic.
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Eruption of Klyuchevskaya Volcano
Published December 11, 2008
This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows an eruption of one of the Kamchatka volcanoes, Klyuchevskaya, on December 8, 2008.
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Sidoarjo Mud Flow, Indonesia
Published December 10, 2008
Despite its destructive history, the Sidoarjo mud flow in eastern Java, Indonesia, appeared contained by levees in November 2008.
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Alluvial Fan in Southern Iran
Published December 2, 2008
A dry river channel carves through the Zagros Mountains in southern Iran and spreads out across the valley floor in a silvery fan. A broad belt of lush agricultural land follows the curve of the alluvial fan.
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