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Last Call for Larsen B
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Published June 9, 2015
The remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented, and developing large cracks.
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Decline of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Irreversible
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Published May 16, 2014
The Amundsen Sea segment of the ice sheet has begun a melting process that will result in its loss, possibly within the next few hundred years.
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2007 San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
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Published December 9, 2008
Five days following an oil spill in San Francisco Bay on November 7, 2007, radar imagery showed oil slicks across broad areas of the bay as well in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Subglacial Lakes, Antarctica
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Published April 27, 2007
To the untrained eye, Antarctica may look like a giant piece of solid ice that rarely changes, but scientists studying the continent have long known better. The icy surface is dynamic, with glaciers and "streams" of ice flowing toward the ocean.
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Subsidence in New Orleans
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Published June 3, 2006
In the three-year period prior to Hurricane Katrina, the city subsided 8 millimeters per year relative to global mean sea level.
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Floods in Gonaives, Haiti
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Published October 25, 2004
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Flooding along the River Gash in Sudan
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Published September 2, 2003
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Oil Slick along the Spanish Coast
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Published November 21, 2002
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Balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Published January 25, 2002
The image above depicts the region of West Antarctica where scientists measured ice speed. The fast-moving central ice streams are shown in red. Slower tributaries feeding the ice streams are shown in blue. Green areas depict slow-moving, stable areas. Thick black lines depict the areas that collect snowfall to feed their respective ice streams.
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