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Loss of ice at the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet was often discounted; recent research suggests it should not…
Scientists project ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets will play a large part in sea level rise…
Mangrove forests are among the planet’s best carbon scrubbers.
Researchers studying tropical forests have mapped out a way to preserve significant amounts of carbon-rich vegetation and biodiversity by connecting…
A high-resolution map offers a global view of forest canopy heights.
To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data…
Orbiting the Earth at nearly 17,000 miles per hour, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) is collecting spectacular…
