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Every published story filed under Earth and climate, newest first. Each one passed the same source, image and editorial checks.
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World Explained · Earth and climate
A Landsat 9 image caught an unusually large Greenland iceberg in the Denmark Strait. Here's how its route was reconstructed—and why its birthplace remains uncertain.
World Explained · Earth and climate
A Landsat 9 image makes Michigan's parallel Les Cheneaux Islands easy to see. Here's what glaciers likely shaped—and what one view cannot date.
World Explained · Earth and climate
NASA's Fort Sumner balloons turn changing altitude into atmospheric data. Here is how the sensor chain works—and why one flight is not a global climate result.
World Explained · Earth and climate
NASA's EarthDEM assessment shows how independent lidar checks separate map resolution, horizontal accuracy and vertical uncertainty.