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Animating the “Karakoram Anomaly”
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Published January 7, 2016
With satellite eyes, the complex motion of glaciers becomes apparent.
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El Niño Disrupts the Marine Food Web
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Published October 29, 2015
El Niño has not yet reached its peak, but the tiniest marine life is starting to feel the loss of its nutrient supply.
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Sierra Nevada Snowpack in a Wet Year, Dry Year
Published October 21, 2015
Seasonal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada depends on whether a winter is wet or dry, and 2015 shaped up to be exceptionally dry.
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Orlando, Florida: Four Decades of Development
Published July 23, 2015
Theme parks and other developments have turned Central Florida from swampland to the most visited tourist region of the United States.
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Shasta Lake, California
Published June 26, 2015
The Golden State’s largest reservoir has warmed and become depleted over the past decade.
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Mapping Forest Loss with Landsat
Published May 7, 2015
The opening of the Landsat data archive and a partnership with Google has allowed researchers to track the fine details of forest change around the world.
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Landslide in Langtang Valley
Published May 5, 2015
The powerful earthquake in Nepal triggered a destructive landslide that completely buried a village.
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Carbon Emissions Could Dramatically Increase Risk of U.S. Megadroughts
Published February 15, 2015
A study using historical data and 17 climate models projects that decades-long droughts will become much more likely if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate.
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New Land on the Louisiana Coast
Published February 12, 2015
While most of the Mississippi River’s delta plain is losing ground, new land is forming at the mouths of the Wax Lake Outlet and the Atchafalaya River.
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Undersea Eruption Near Tonga
Published January 3, 2015
Hunga Ha'apai began stirring up the Pacific Ocean in late December 2014.
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Measuring Earth’s Albedo
Published October 21, 2014
The global picture of how Earth reflects sunlight is a muddle, though several regional trends emerge.
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Ash on New Britain
Published September 3, 2014
Forests west of Mount Tavurvur got a fresh coat of ash after Rabaul volcano erupted explosively on August 29, 2014.
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