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A Long Look at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez
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Published June 11, 2013
When the Landsat archive is combined with modern computing power, scientists can view the planet not just across space, but also time.
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Mapping the Severity of Springs Fire from Space
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Published May 9, 2013
As wildfires wind down, teams of scientists hit the field to assess the damage. In many cases, they have help from satellites.
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Tropical Climate History...Shrinking
Published May 8, 2013
Perched high in the Andes, Peru’s Quelccaya Ice Cap stores centuries of climate change history in its ice. Its melting edges tell a more immediate climate story.
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Freshwater Stores Shrank in Tigris-Euphrates Basin
Published March 13, 2013
An arid region grew even drier between 2003 and 2009 due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.
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Iran’s Great Salt Desert
Published February 17, 2013
The rocks of Dasht-e Kavir tell tales of a much wetter environment millions of years ago.
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