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Tracking Forest Cover in Belize
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Published June 19, 2024
Decades of satellite data paint a picture of how forests in this Central American country are changing.
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The Shrinking Selva Maya
Published June 18, 2024
The largest tropical rainforest in Mesoamerica is shrinking as pastures and croplands spread across Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
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A Greenhouse Boom in China
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Published May 31, 2024
Researchers are using satellites to track a spreading trend in agriculture—the use of greenhouses.
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Dublin’s Urban Expansion
Published April 9, 2024
Images spanning four decades show how buildings and blacktop have spread into Ireland’s countryside.
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Taking a Bite Out of Pi
Published March 14, 2024
A cycle of rapid advance and retreat at Sortebræ, a glacier in eastern Greenland, built pi-shaped tongues of ice before they later retreated.
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Animals as Earth System Observers
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Published March 12, 2024
Researchers are leveraging troves of data collected by animal-borne sensors to complement satellite observations, expand weather measurements, and better understand wildlife ecology in a changing climate.
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A Climate Archive Melts
Published February 29, 2024
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research.
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Greenland’s Biggest Losers
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Published February 5, 2024
An analysis of satellite data found that most of the island’s glaciers have retreated significantly, with Zachariæ Isstrøm and Sermeq Kujalleq losing the most mass.
Retreat at Klinaklini
Published January 29, 2024
The large Coast Range glacier is one of thousands in western Canada that have shrunk in recent decades as temperatures rise.
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