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Building in Colorado’s Fire Zone, Part 2
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Published November 14, 2013
How development patterns helped make the Black Forest fire so damaging.
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Building in Colorado’s Fire Zone, Part 1
Published November 8, 2013
Development on the edge of the wilderness is increasing the risk of destructive wildfires in Colorado.
Ice Loss on Puncak Jaya
Published September 1, 2012
Rare tropical glaciers in Indonesia are losing ice fast and could disappear entirely within decades. Researchers want to know why.
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Growth of Central Pivot Irrigation, Kansas
Published July 23, 2012
These images from 1972 and 2011 show the transformation of agriculture near Garden City.
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Border Between Mexico and Guatemala
Published July 19, 2012
In 1988, a Landsat image of the Mexico-Guatemala border showed clear-cut forest in Mexico and untouched trees in Guatemala. This image had a profound impact on two nations and influenced the establishment of Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve.
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Aral Sea
Published July 18, 2012
The Aral Sea in Central Asia began disappearing in the 1960s because of the diversion of its two feeder rivers for agriculture.
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MLK Day Becomes Law
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Published May 17, 2012
In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed into law Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Landsat 4 Launches
On July 16, 1982 Landsat 4 was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.
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Crop Circles in the Desert
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Published May 12, 2012
Over the course of 25 years, farms have sprouted in the Arabian Desert, fueled by deep and old groundwater.
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The Dead Sea
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Published April 6, 2012
The lake between Israel and Jordan provides a bounty of salt and of history.
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