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Counting Trees in Africa’s Drylands
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Published December 7, 2020
An international team of scientists has used artificial intelligence and commercial satellites to identify an unexpectedly large number of trees spread across arid and semi-arid areas.
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Breakup Continues on the Wilkins Ice Shelf
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Published May 25, 2013
Wave action and glacial dynamics split another chunk of ice off of the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2013.
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Last House Standing at Royal Gardens
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Published January 26, 2013
Lava from Kilauea Volcano chipped away at the doomed Royal Gardens subdivision for decades. Now more than 75 homes are gone.
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30th Anniversary of the Pu’u ’O’o Eruption on Kilauea
Published January 5, 2013
Overlapping lava flows on Kilauea Volcano illustrate the formation of the Hawaiian Islands.
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In the City, Bright is the New Black
Published April 20, 2012
Surface temperatures in the city can rival the desert. White or "green" rooftops can change that.
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Con Edison Learning Technology Center
Published April 4, 2012
Temperatures in cities can rival the hottest desert. Using thermometers installed at the Con Edison building in Queens, NY, scientists compare the air temperature above black, white, and “green” (vegetated) roofs.
Closeup of Tsunami Damage, Rikuzentakata
Published March 10, 2012
Acquired 3 days after the Tohoku earthquake, this image shows the remains of a town that was nearly erased by the 2011 tsunami.
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Jakobshavn Glacier
Published December 3, 2011
Where once two streams of ice merged in Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier, today there is division and a complex surface riddled with crevasses and melt ponds.
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Mud Springs Volcano, Nevada
Published May 8, 2011
Mud Springs Volcano, part of the Aurora-Bodie Volcanic Field in western Nevada, produced distinctive thick and bulbous lava flows.
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