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Honeybees are helping remote sensing scientists understand how earlier spring arrival might affect plant-pollinator relationships.

Clues in the Nectar

Honeybees signal a worrisome trend in plant-pollinator relationships.

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Dec. 27, 2020

Algae clogs a lagoon in Toluca Valley, Mexico. Factories and homes that deplete the valley’s aquifers dump their wastewater here. (Courtesy P. Castellazzi)

Closed Season

In Mexico’s escalating water crisis, a view from the sky provides answers.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

A blue-green algal bloom on Lake Taihu, China, threatened drinking water supplies.

Cleaner Water from Space

Scientists use satellites to help keep water fit to drink.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

A full moon illuminates this power plant near Seal Beach in Rossmoor, California

Carbon Control

Radiocarbon and satellite data hint at the future of California emissions.

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Dec. 27, 2020

In this photograph, taken eleven years after the Charlton Fire in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest, a majority of snags still stand while gradually new vegetation is recovering.

Burned But Not Forgotten

Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

Scientists study a luxuriant microbial mat on the Markham Ice Shelf, one of the last remaining ice ecosystems on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island.

Breakup of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - discovering the breakup of the biggest ice shelf in the Arctic.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

This juniper-covered savanna is one example of a biome in arid New Mexico that includes carbon-sequestering vegetation.

Biomes in the Balance

How are landscapes in the Southwest adapting?

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

Beacons In The Sky Cover

Beacons in the Sky Help Monitor Earth's Orientation in Space

Measurements of remote celestial objects detail Earth’s orientation in space.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

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