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Where the Trees Are
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Published January 11, 2012
The National Biomass and Carbon Dataset reveals the location and the carbon storage of forests in the United States.
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Earth’s Magnetosphere
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Published April 23, 2011
Earth is a great magnet, and scientists have spent a century exploring its shape and structure. This visualization shows the magnetic field around Earth, or magnetosphere.
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Melting Snow and Ice Warm Northern Hemisphere
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Published February 24, 2011
These image maps show how changes in snow and ice in the Northern Hemisphere have allowed the Earth to soak up more solar energy—and warm up—over the last 30 years.
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Winds of Drought, Winds of Flood
Published October 5, 2010
Made from a model based on satellite data, these animations contrast wind patterns that brought drought to the U.S. Midwest in 1988 with those that brought floods in 1993.
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