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A Greenhouse Boom in China
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Published May 31, 2024
Researchers are using satellites to track a spreading trend in agriculture—the use of greenhouses.
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Dublin’s Urban Expansion
Published April 9, 2024
Images spanning four decades show how buildings and blacktop have spread into Ireland’s countryside.
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Taking a Bite Out of Pi
Published March 14, 2024
A cycle of rapid advance and retreat at Sortebræ, a glacier in eastern Greenland, built pi-shaped tongues of ice before they later retreated.
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Animals as Earth System Observers
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Published March 12, 2024
Researchers are leveraging troves of data collected by animal-borne sensors to complement satellite observations, expand weather measurements, and better understand wildlife ecology in a changing climate.
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A Climate Archive Melts
Published February 29, 2024
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research.
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Greenland’s Biggest Losers
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Published February 5, 2024
An analysis of satellite data found that most of the island’s glaciers have retreated significantly, with Zachariæ Isstrøm and Sermeq Kujalleq losing the most mass.
Retreat at Klinaklini
Published January 29, 2024
The large Coast Range glacier is one of thousands in western Canada that have shrunk in recent decades as temperatures rise.
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Shrinking Ålfotbreen
Published January 22, 2024
Resting atop a shingled sandstone landscape, the Norwegian glacier has been in decline since the late 1990s.
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Quelccaya Ice Cap Then and Now
Published November 27, 2023
Ice cores and satellite images are helping preserve the history of a disappearing ice cap in the Peruvian Andes.
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Karamoja Beset with Drought
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Published October 23, 2023
Poor harvests stemming from a prolonged dry spell have exacerbated food insecurity in northeastern Uganda.
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The Best Places to Plant Trees in Maryland
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Published September 7, 2023
Using remote sensing, researchers have developed a method to guide the state of Maryland’s tree-planting efforts.
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