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Mount Taranaki’s Ring of Forest
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Published September 21, 2024
The precise geometry of the protected area encompassing an iconic New Zealand volcano is unmistakable from space.
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Keeping Tabs on North Cascades Glaciers
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Published September 19, 2024
Scientists use satellites in orbit and boots on the ice to monitor glacial changes on the flanks of Mount Baker and elsewhere in Washington state.
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Tracking Elephants Across Namibia
Published September 18, 2024
Satellite imagery and local data helped researchers assess how landscape features, such as watering holes and vegetation, influence elephant movement.
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Confronting Florida’s Coral Collapse
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Published September 17, 2024
After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the state’s vulnerable reefs.
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Alaska’s Iconic Columbia Glacier Still Retreats
Published September 10, 2024
The glacier’s Main Branch pulled away from a stabilizing rocky outcrop, while melting along the West Branch exposed “new gravelly real estate.”
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Laboring at Big Bend Tunnel
Published September 2, 2024
The setting for John Henry’s legendary contest with a steam-powered drill may have been this tunnel through Big Bend Mountain in West Virginia.
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Aftermath of a Landslide-Triggered Tsunami
Published August 28, 2024
The 56-foot wave in Pedersen Lagoon, on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, damaged trees and left a mark on the landscape.
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ARCSIX Analyzes Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Published August 26, 2024
In summer 2024, NASA scientists went to northern Greenland to study how clouds and atmospheric particles may be contributing to the ongoing loss of multiyear sea ice.
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