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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 18, 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 17, 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 8, 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
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Published October 1, 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 6, 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 8, 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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Green Space is Good for Mental Health
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Published July 15, 2019
New study uses satellite and demographic data to show how the prolonged presence of green space is important for a healthy society.
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Mapping the Land Between the Tides
Published July 1, 2019
Harnessing 30 years of Landsat data, researchers have created the first three-dimensional model of Australia’s entire coastline.
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A Bit Less Excelsior
Published May 21, 2019
Over the past two decades, an Alaskan glacier has melted into a lake more than five times the size of Central Park.
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Länta Glacier: Small and Getting Smaller
Published March 29, 2019
Like many glaciers around the world, this glacier in the Swiss Alps is shrinking.
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Mining Peru’s Cerro de Pasco
Published March 15, 2019
The city’s economic engine is also a worrisome source of pollution.
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Living on Lava
Published February 22, 2019
As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.
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Countdown to Calving at Brunt Ice Shelf
Published February 19, 2019
Cracks growing across the ice shelf are poised to release an iceberg about twice size of New York City.
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Ice Loss Slows Down Asian Glaciers
Published December 13, 2018
Melting and thinning of high-mountain glaciers makes them flow less due to gravity.
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Urban Growth of New Delhi
Published September 27, 2018
Croplands and grasslands around New Delhi are being converted into city structures to create one of the fastest urban expansions in the world.
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Decades of Growth at Port of Busan
Published September 5, 2018
The South Korean port is among the busiest in the world.
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Last Glacier Standing in Venezuela
Published August 27, 2018
Humboldt Glacier in the remote tropical Andes is going, going, and nearly gone.
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Meandering Bends of the Lower Padma River
Published August 25, 2018
The lower portion of the Padma River has wide meandering curves, an indicator of extensive erosion.
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The Most Erosive Area on the Padma
Published August 10, 2018
As the shape of river changes over decades, the upper reaches show the most change, particularly with widening and meandering bends.
Taking Stock of the World’s Sandy Beaches
Published August 1, 2018
Sandy beaches are growing in some parts of the world and shrinking quickly in others, including one-third of marine protected areas.
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