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Coloring the Great Salt Lake
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Published October 4, 2020
Colorful, mineral-rich salt flats are nestled between the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.
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Spalte Splits
Published October 1, 2020
In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.
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Where Ice Still Flows into Glacier Bay
Published September 16, 2020
In this changing Alaskan landscape, tidewater glaciers are holding on to the bay’s West Arm.
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When Rivers are Borders
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Published September 17, 2020
A new dataset reveals interesting patterns about where and why rivers define national borders.
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How Rivers Shape States
Published September 8, 2020
Many state and local boundaries around the world—including many in the United States—are the product of rivers.
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A Global Water Hyacinth Invasion
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Published September 2, 2020
A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.
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Inlet’s Iceberg Maker Is Nearly Gone
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Published August 31, 2020
Retreating glaciers have changed how visitors experience Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.
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Mapping the Roots of Mangrove Loss
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Published August 25, 2020
While the rate of losses has declined, the ecosystems are still threatened and are facing more environmental stress.
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Grand Plateau Glacier
Published August 13, 2020
Views from above show the extent of change across Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.
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Haiti’s Accidental City
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Published June 1, 2020
After a catastrophic earthquake left Port-au-Prince in a shambles, many people flocked to the new city of Canaan in search of a better life.
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Mount St. Helens
Published May 18, 2020
In May 1980, a satellite watched the mountain violently erupt; satellites over the next forty years watched it recover.
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Saving Straddie’s Sand
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Published May 7, 2020
After seven decades, sand mining operations have stopped in Australia’s North Stradbroke Island.
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New Ground for an Ancient City
Published April 2, 2020
The fast-growing city of Cairo has spilled onto desert plains well beyond the lush floodplain of the Nile River.
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Rivers Are Getting Less Icy
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Published February 19, 2020
The window of time available to make and use ice roads is closing.
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How Cancún Grew into a Major Resort
Published January 24, 2020
Once one of the poorest regions of Mexico, Cancún is now a bustling tourist city with millions of visitors each year.
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Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above
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Published December 19, 2019
Satellites have played a key role in monitoring and reducing the rate of deforestation in the rainforest.
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Spotting the Spotted Owl: 30 Years of Forest Disturbance
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Published December 23, 2019
Wildfires make a significant mark on the bird’s nesting and roosting habitat.
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Spotting the Spotted Owl: 30 Years of Habitat Change
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Published December 18, 2019
Maps of forest cover type show where the composition and structure of the forest is sufficient for the threatened species to nest and roost.
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Assateague on the Move
Published October 9, 2019
Assateague, Chincoteague, and Wallops provide a rare example of overlapping barrier islands. All of them are constantly in motion.
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Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier
Published October 2, 2019
The fast-changing glacier is threatening a popular hiking area in the western Alps.
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Malaspina on the Move
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Published September 11, 2019
More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
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Okjökull Remembered
Published August 9, 2019
The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.
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