More Frequent and Intense Tropical Storms Can Change the Geography and Ecology of Coastlines

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Elizabeth Borneman

Researchers with the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences have studied tropical cyclones that have impacted North Carolina…

An Iceberg the Size of Greater London Has Broken Off Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica

An iceberg the size of Greater London recently broke off the from Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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Using Satellites to Map Air Pollution from Wildfires

The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is designed to monitor pollutants entering the atmosphere because of major forest fires.

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Review: The Best American Travel Writing 2019

The 'Best American Travel Writing 2019' features pieces on either dangerous places or the pursuit of the exotic as well-informed…

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Artist Creates Tapestry of the World

An artist from Portugal named Vanessa Barragão has created a unique map tapestry of the world  inspired by nature.

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The Largest Seaweed Bloom Ever Took Place In 2018

In 2018, a large bloom of seaweed (Sargassum) formed a belt that extended for 8,850 kilometers - from the west…

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In The Last Three Years Antarctica Lost Ice the Size of Greenland

A recent report published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzed satellite data that showed Antarctica’s rapid…

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Geography News: September 18, 2019

This week's geography news features learning how to be a climate detective, how fish larvae float across borders, and why…

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Satellite Imagery Shows How Much of South Dakota’s Flood Fields Were Unable to be Farmed

In August of 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that South Dakota had 3.9 million “prevented planting” acres.

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Review | Peary’s Arctic Quest

Peary’s Arctic Quest:  Untold Stories from Robert E. Peary’s North Pole Expeditions is both a rigorous scholarly work and a…

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Studies Show Acid Rain May Make Trees Thirstier

The Forest Service created an artificial environment in a forest in West Virginia to study how acid rain could influence…

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Himalayan Glacier Melt Mapped By Analyzing Old Spy Photographs

Declassified Cold War-era spy satellite photographs have shown how much the melting of hundreds of Himalayan glaciers has accelerated in…

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