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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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Florida Landscapes
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Published April 1, 2014
The variety of landscapes in southeastern Florida and the northern Everglades illustrates why you might want to see the world in false color.
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Parting the Sea to Save Venice
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Published March 25, 2014
The waters that once protected Venice now threaten it. A complex engineering project is being installed to beat back the tide.
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Landsat 8 Detects New Deforestation in Peru
Published November 19, 2013
Free, open-access imagery helps scientists monitor remote areas and protect tropical forests.
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New Map Yields Better View of Forest Changes
Published November 16, 2013
Open-access data from the NASA-USGS Landsat mission and cloud computing make for a highly detailed view of gains and losses in global and regional tree cover since 2000.
A Long Look at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez
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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Sizing Up Galeras
Published May 29, 2013
An airborne radar instrument allows scientists to ascertain the shape of a Colombian volcano. Future measurements will help detect how it is changing.
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