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February 9, 2018
Greenland’s rivers are impressive, with fast, powerful flows of turbulent, milky waters descending from glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet, …
Irina Overeem
May 19, 2017
After landing in Windhoek, Namibia, on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert, our family embarked on an African adventure with two exhilarating …
Terri Cook and Lon Abbott
May 19, 2016
Earth’s stratigraphic record offers a patchwork diary of how different parts of the planet have formed and changed over time. Some of the most …
Elizabeth Goldbaum
September 25, 2013
Sea-level rise due to melting ice is a common worry in coastal areas. But the sea-level story is much more complicated: What lies below the …
Lauren Milideo
January 5, 2012
Over the past century and a half, the river delta that provides Central and Southern Californians with drinking water and farmers with productive …
Cassandra Willyard