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- Most Alaskan Glaciers Retreating, Thinning, and Stagnating, Says Major USGS Landsat-Based Report
- Most glaciers in every mountain range and island group in Alaska are experiencing significant retreat, thinning or stagnation, especially glaciers at lower elevations...
- New Landsat-Based Maps of Complex Caribbean Islands Reveal Conservation Opportunities Where Sugar Cane Cultivation Has Become Unprofitable
- New Landsat-based maps compared with historic 1945 data.
- Landsat Helps Show Forests Damaged by Hurricane Katrina
- A research team has estimated that Hurricane Katrina killed or severely damaged 320 million large trees...
