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Fedchenko Glacier
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Published August 26, 2012
The Pamir Mountains contain some of the world’s highest peaks and the longest glacier outside of the polar regions.
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Mississippi River Well Below Normal
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Published August 21, 2012
Coming off of the extreme floods of 2011, the river was approaching historic lows in the summer of 2012 near Memphis and along much of its lower reaches.
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Piedra del Águila Dam Reshapes the Limay River
Published August 11, 2012
Acquired in 1986 and 1998, these natural-color images show Argentina’s Limay River before and after the creation of a dam and reservoir.
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Tiny Beetles Take a Large Bite Out of the Forest
Published July 28, 2012
Pine bark beetles have been ravaging forests in the Rocky Mountains.
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Fire and the Future of Yellowstone
Published July 24, 2012
Intense fire scorched Yellowstone National Park in 1988, and the ecosystem is still recovering from the burn. More frequent fires in a warmer climate could force the ecosystem to change altogether.
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Retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier
Since 1980, the volume of a glacier that spills into the Prince William Sound has shrunk by half.
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