Researchers examined how human land use will affect species habitats around the world.
Published Jul 22, 2019
The small island of Blanquilla is named for its white sand beaches, visible in this astronaut photograph as a bright border along the northeastern–eastern shoreline. Surface currents extending from the western coastline of the island are caused by easterly trade winds. This dominant wind has also caused movement of beach sand to form white “fingers” extending inland along the east coast.
Published Nov 26, 2007
As climate change alters the habitat of eastern U.S. forests, some species are expected to do better than others.
Published Jun 14, 2016
Off the coast of California, rugged Santa Catalina Island is encircled by a white perimeter of breaking waves in this satellite image from May 11, 2010.
Published Jun 6, 2010
An undersea eruption at Lateiki Island in late October 2019 has brought new life to an older island in the Tonga chain.
Published Nov 26, 2019
The most interesting geology lies just offshore and below the water line of this Northwest Australian island.
Published Aug 3, 2015
It is one of the most famous patches of coral outside of the Great Barrier Reef.
Published Mar 26, 2018
The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.
Published Aug 29, 2008
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