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Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands
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Published May 19, 2025
Scientists used Landsat satellite images to detect both abrupt and gradual changes and to examine how phenomena, from storms to sea level rise, have reshaped coastal ecosystems.
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Digging Into the History of Stone Town
Published May 16, 2025
Satellite images of the ancient city in Zanzibar highlight urbanization patterns and help researchers find new archaeological sites. Â
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Glacial Losses in the Swiss Alps
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Published March 14, 2025
Images bridging four decades show where Switzerland’s largest glacier and its neighbors have been losing ice.
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Spotting Disruptions to Earth’s Vegetation
Published March 11, 2025
Using NASA data, researchers can track vegetation changes around the planet, not just in forests but also in grasslands and savannas like the Brazilian Cerrado.
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A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau
Published March 5, 2025
Satellites have documented lakes on the “roof of the world” becoming larger and more numerous over the past three decades.
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Mangroves Are Losing Their Resilience
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Published December 5, 2024
The iconic trees and shrubs of the Florida Everglades are under increased stress due to more frequent, intense hurricanes.
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Alaska’s Fast-Growing Glacial Lakes
Published November 28, 2024
Lake water has quickly filled the void left by a trio of retreating glaciers in the southern part of the state.
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Satellites Reveal a Greener Antarctic Peninsula
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Published December 2, 2024
Scientists are beginning to unravel what comes next, after the ice moves out and vegetation moves in.
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Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas
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Published November 18, 2024
Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island’s marshes and mudflats.
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