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Taking Stock of Edgy Parts of Greenland
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Loss of ice at the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet was often discounted; recent research suggests it should not…
Sep 29, 2022
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Taking a Measure of Sea Level Rise: Ice Height
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Scientists project ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets will play a large part in sea level rise…
Nov 5, 2020
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New Satellite-Based Maps of Mangrove Heights
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Mangrove forests are among the planet’s best carbon scrubbers.
Feb 26, 2019
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Corridors for Carbon and Critters
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Researchers studying tropical forests have mapped out a way to preserve significant amounts of carbon-rich vegetation and biodiversity by connecting…
Apr 1, 2014
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Global Forest Heights: Take Two
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A high-resolution map offers a global view of forest canopy heights.
Apr 12, 2012
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data…
Oct 2, 2009
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