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Heat Accelerates Dry in California Drought

Heat Accelerates Dry in California Drought

Although record low precipitation has been the main driver of one of the worst droughts in California history, abnormally high temperatures have also...

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More Global Topographic Data to Aid Climate Change Research

More Global Topographic Data to Aid Climate Change Research

Improved global topographic (elevation) data are now publicly available for most of Asia (India, China, southern Siberia, Japan, Indonesia), Oceania...
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USGS-NASA Award Recognizes Innovations in Earth Observation

USGS-NASA Award Recognizes Innovations in Earth Observation

A pioneer in mapping global land cover change and the team behind the United States’ most advanced land surface mapping satellite have both been...

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Who Will Come to Your Bird Feeder in 2075?

Who Will Come to Your Bird Feeder in 2075?

The distribution of birds in the United States today will probably look very different in 60 years as a result of climate, land use and land cover...

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Landsat 8 Celebrates First Year of Success

Landsat 8 Celebrates First Year of Success

One year ago, on February 11, 2013, NASA launched the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California.
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