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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
The April 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed a previously undiscovered fault in the desert of Baja California, Mexico.

Baja's Fault

Before and after images trace an earthquake's surprise.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
The Atchafalaya River delta meets the Gulf of Mexico.

A Tale of Two Rivers

Complex structures keep the Mississippi River out of the Atchafalaya, for now.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
This view along Steensby Glacier in northern Greenland was seen during an Operation IceBridge survey flight on April 26, 2013.

A Submarine Retreat

New maps get to the bottom of Greenland’s outlet glaciers.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
Mnemiopsis leidyi is a species of ctenophore, or comb jelly, that is native to the western Atlantic Ocean and invasive in many European seas.

A Spread of Green

People and heat spread north into Arctic permafrost.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Ocean Validation Experiment (COVE) lighthouse site lies fifteen miles east of Chesapeake Bay, in the Atlantic Ocean

A Speck on the Ocean

A lonely platform at sea helps balance Earth's energy budget.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
Vehicles emit many of the chemicals that cause Denver’s brown cloud of air pollution

A Rising Problem

Tackling Denver's ozone requires looking high and low.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
the Melville, Mapple, and Crane Glaciers; Jorum Glacier is in the foreground.

After the Larsen B

Researchers study the aftermath of the collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf to find out what might happen next.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
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