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Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
Satellites are helping land managers track ecological shifts as reserves reconnect and landscapes return to a more natural state.
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
A Gulf Coast storm followed by snowmelt in January 2025 temporarily increased the Mississippi River’s outflow, sending a surge of…
