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Assateague on the Move
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Published October 9, 2019
Assateague, Chincoteague, and Wallops provide a rare example of overlapping barrier islands. All of them are constantly in motion.
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Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier
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Published October 2, 2019
The fast-changing glacier is threatening a popular hiking area in the western Alps.
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Malaspina on the Move
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Published September 11, 2019
More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
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Okjökull Remembered
Published August 9, 2019
The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.
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Green Space is Good for Mental Health
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Published July 17, 2019
New study uses satellite and demographic data to show how the prolonged presence of green space is important for a healthy society.
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Mapping the Land Between the Tides
Published July 2, 2019
Harnessing 30 years of Landsat data, researchers have created the first three-dimensional model of Australia’s entire coastline.
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A Bit Less Excelsior
Published May 23, 2019
Over the past two decades, an Alaskan glacier has melted into a lake more than five times the size of Central Park.
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Länta Glacier: Small and Getting Smaller
Published April 1, 2019
Like many glaciers around the world, this glacier in the Swiss Alps is shrinking.
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Mining Peru’s Cerro de Pasco
Published March 16, 2019
The city’s economic engine is also a worrisome source of pollution.
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Living on Lava
Published February 25, 2019
As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.
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