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A Satellite View of River Width
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Published July 9, 2015
As they prepare for a satellite that will measure the height and areal extent of rivers in unprecedented detail, hydrologists have released a better map of North American river widths.
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A Lot of Data, A Lot of Possibilities
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Published April 16, 2015
50 trillion pixels of Landsat data give researchers a lot of opportunities to look at Earth processes on scales from days to decades.
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Shrinking Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau
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Published April 8, 2015
As mining and farming intensifies in this dry region, lake levels are dropping.
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New Land on the Louisiana Coast
Published February 12, 2015
While most of the Mississippi River’s delta plain is losing ground, new land is forming at the mouths of the Wax Lake Outlet and the Atchafalaya River.
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Kelp Losing Their Grip on the Seafloor
Published January 20, 2015
Potent storms and pesky predators—as well as climate change—are altering the dynamics of these underwater forests.
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Growth of Hurghada, Egypt
Published January 15, 2015
Over just a few decades, this Red Sea settlement has morphed from a small village into a haven for tourists.
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Finding Cortez
Published January 13, 2015
Researchers have turned to citizen scientists to help detect previously unknown or recently disrupted kelp forests in satellite imagery.
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Meandering in the Amazon
Published December 4, 2014
Lowland rivers that carry large volumes of sediment are on the move.
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Mýrdalsjökull Then and Now
Published November 13, 2014
Climate and volcanoes transform an ice cap in Iceland.
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