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Fire Chars Forest Near Guadalajara
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Published May 23, 2012
A suspicious fire leaves a large burn scar across Bosque de la Primavera.
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Retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier
Published May 17, 2012
Since 1980, the volume of a glacier that spills into the Prince William Sound has shrunk by half.
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Changes in Canberra
Published May 13, 2012
Overdue rain changed the landscape of Australia’s capital city of Canberra in October 2010.
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Floods in Kenya
Published May 10, 2012
Acquired May 10, 2012, and May 9, 2009, these false-color images compare conditions in southeastern Kenya, affected by floods in 2012.
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Sea Ice in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Published May 6, 2012
Acquired April 11 and 24, 2012, these images show the movement of sea ice in the Bering Sea with the advance of spring.
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Flooding on the Arabian Peninsula
Published April 28, 2012
Acquired April 18 and April 9, 2012, these images compare conditions in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, which experienced flooding in mid- to late April.
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Sediment Plume in Northern Kazakhstan
Published April 24, 2012
Winds occasionally loft fine dust into the air from the shores of Ozero Siletiteniz.
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Rare Earth in Bayan Obo
Published April 21, 2012
A mining operation in China dominates the global market for rare metals used in consumer products.
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The Hottest Spot on Earth
Published April 12, 2012
For five out of seven years studied, the Lut Desert in Iran sweltered like no other place on the planet.
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Turpan Basin, China
Published April 5, 2012
The dark surface of the Shanshan dune field absorbs sunlight more strongly than the adjacent Flaming Mountain, making it much hotter.
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Snow Deficit
Published March 30, 2012
What a difference one year has made in the snow cover over North America.
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High Water along the Isaac River
Published March 29, 2012
Acquired in late March 2012 and 2011, these images compare conditions along the Isaac River, a tributary of Queensland’s Fitzroy River.
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