Large numbers of rectangular holding ponds lie amid mangrove forests in southern Ecuador.
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Scientists use satellites in orbit and boots on the ice to monitor glacial changes on the flanks of Mount Baker and elsewhere in Washington state.
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Satellite imagery and local data helped researchers assess how landscape features, such as watering holes and vegetation, influence elephant movement.
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After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the state’s vulnerable reefs.
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Under the cloak of darkness, Iceberg A-83 wiggled away from glue-like sea ice and drifted farther from the Brunt Ice Shelf—but not without sustaining some damage.