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Taking Stock of the World’s Sandy Beaches
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Published August 2, 2018
Sandy beaches are growing in some parts of the world and shrinking quickly in others, including one-third of marine protected areas.
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Satellites Investigate Irrigation in a Stressed Aquifer
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Published July 9, 2018
Using Landsat to track patterns in irrigation may help water managers sketch out a more sustainable future for the Ogallala Aquifer in the central United States.
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Losing Ice in Svalbard
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Published June 25, 2018
Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.
Black Belt Prairie
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Published June 21, 2018
The crescent-shaped area of fertile, cultivated land stretches through parts of Mississippi and Alabama.
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Decline of Two Glaciers in Northwest Greenland
Published April 8, 2018
The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.
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Disappearing Walker Lake
Published April 4, 2018
Like this lake in northwestern Nevada, many of the world’s prominent salt lakes are drying up.
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Glaciers in the Tropics, but Not for Long
Published February 14, 2018
Though the mountains are located just south of the equator, their elevation is high enough and the air temperatures are cold enough to still support a few small areas of ice.
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Glacial Retreat at a Non-glacial Pace
Published January 25, 2018
The HPS-12 glacier in Chile has lost about half of its length in three decades.
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