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"Great Migration" Back to Atlanta, Georgia

350 Complex Fire and Anderson Creek Fire, Oklahoma and Kansas

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Agricultural growth near Qasr al Farafra, Egypt

Agricultural impact in Aimogasta, Argentina

Alaska's Mt. Shishaldin Erupts

Antarctic Peninsula Loses Attached Sea Ice

Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf Calves Giant Iceberg

Antarctica's Change of Seasons

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier calves iceberg

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier calves massive iceberg

Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf prepares to calve iceberg

Arapaho Glacier melt, Colorado

Arctic sea-ice coverage hits record low

Argentina flooding impacts soybean production

Arizona’s “Lunar” Craters

Artificial islands, United Arab Emirates

As glaciers recede worldwide, one defies trend

Australian Dust Paints New Zealand Glaciers

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Baban Rafi deforestation, Niger

Balbina Dam impact, Brazil

Beach erosion near Freeport, Texas

Bear Glacier melt, Alaska

Beetle Damage in Black Hills, South Dakota

Bering Sea ice at record low

Binhai New Area growth, China

Birth of a New Iceberg at Brunt Ice Shelf

Boreal forest wildfire on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Breakup of Sea Ice in the Amundsen Gulf, Canada

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California's Lake Oroville Fills Up

California's Shasta Lake Rises

California's Trinity Lake recovers after five-year drought

California’s Shasta Lake Rebounds

California’s wildflower superbloom

Camp Fire, Northern California

Canary Islands Volcano Eruption

Cape Cod's Ever-Changing Coast

Catastrophic Flooding in Sudan

Catastrophic floods in South Asia

Changeable Padma River in Bangladesh

Changes in West Arm of Alaska's Glacier Bay

Chile's Lake Aculeo Dries Up

Chile’s Laguna de Aculeo Begins to Refill

China's Changing Yellow River Delta

Christmas Tree Harvest in Ashe County, North Carolina

Coastal change in Sonora, Mexico

Collapsing Ice Shelf Reveals a Possible New Island, Eastern Antarctica

Colorado River evolution, Mexico

Columbia Glacier melt, Alaska

Costly flooding in Yangtze River Basin, China

County Fire lights up Northern California night

Crystal Fire, Idaho

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Dam Removal on Elwha River, Washington

Decades of growth at Port of Busan, South Korea

Decline of Lake Powell, United States

Declining Peyto Glacier, Banff National Park, Canada

Deforestation in Argentina's Gran Chaco

Deforestation in Bolivia

Deforestation in Papua, Indonesia

Deforestation near Angangueo, Mexico

Deforestation near Nueva Italia, Peru

Deforestation near Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon

Denver Airport growth, Colorado

Derecho Flattens Iowa Crops

Desert Farming Grows in Saudi Arabia as Groundwater Shrinks

Diminishing Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah

Disappearing Lake Abert, Oregon

Disappearing Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona Border

Drought Drops California Rice Yields

Drought in Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah

Drought in Paraguay

Drought Shrinks California's Shasta Lake

Drought Shrinks Chile's El Yeso Reservoir

Drought Shrinks Southern Africa's Lake Kariba

Drought shrinks Theewaterskloof reservoir in South Africa

Drying Lake Poopó, Bolivia

Drying Lake Urmia, Iran

Drying Up of Cerro Prieto Reservoir, Mexico

Dusty Ice on Iceland’s Largest Glacier

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Early sea-ice breakup in Beaufort Sea, Arctic

Earthquake Ruptures Mojave Desert

East Antarctica Ice Shelf Collapses

East Arm of Alaska's Glacier Bay Down to One Calving Glacier

Elwha dam removal, Washington State

Ethiopian volcano Erta Ale erupts

Everglades National Park restoration, Florida

Exceptionally early ice melt, Greenland

Extreme Rains Flood South Sudan

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Farming the Egyptian Desert

Fast Change in Great Lakes Ice

Fire and recovery in Yellowstone National Park, U.S.

Fires in Lebanon

Fires scar northern Botswana

Flood from Sardoba Reservoir Dam Breach in Uzbekistan

Flood in Hamburg, Iowa

Flood, Northern California

Flood, southern Australia

Flooding Along Fitzroy River in Western Australia

Flooding along Mississippi River

Flooding Along Shabelle River, Ethiopia and Somalia

Flooding Along the Arkansas River

Flooding and fire in Botswana’s Okavango Delta

Flooding Crisis in Bangladesh

Flooding from Tittabawassee River, Michigan Dam Failure

Flooding in Australia’s Channel Country

Flooding in Australia’s Northern Territory

Flooding in Brazos River, Texas

Flooding in Central and Northern California

Flooding in Iowa

Flooding in Iraq

Flooding in Kerala, India

Flooding in Libya

Flooding in Mali's Delta

Flooding in Nebraska

Flooding in New South Wales, Australia

Flooding in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence

Flooding in Northeastern China

Flooding in N’Djamena, Chad

Flooding in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Flooding in Queensland, Australia

Flooding in Red River Valley, North America

Flooding in Somalia

Flooding in Sudan

Flooding in Thailand

Flooding in Thailand and Cambodia

Flooding in the central and southern United States

Flooding Increases in Charleston, South Carolina

Flooding Limits Planting in South Dakota

Flooding Mississippi River, Southern U.S.

Flooding Mississippi River, United States

Flooding Near Sydney, Australia

Flooding of Ohio and Mississippi rivers

Flooding on the Ganges River, India

Flooding, Sri Lanka

Forest Regrowth on Alaska's Admiralty Island

Fort McMurray wildfire aftermath in Alberta, Canada

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German Mines Transform into Lakes

Giant iceberg from Larsen C Ice Shelf stays close to home

Glacial Outburst at Alaska's Desolation Lake

Glacier loss in New Guinea

Goksu River basin dam impact, Turkey

Grand Plateau Glacier Retreats

Great Pine Tier Fire, Tasmania

Great Salt Lake shrinkage, Utah

Greening Landscape Shows Early Spring Near North Carolina-South Carolina Border

Greening of Namibia

Greening of the Inner Niger Delta, Mali

Greenland's Spalte Glacier Disintegrates

Greenland’s Petermann Glacier Retreats

Greenland’s Tracy and Heilprin glaciers melt

Growing Wax Lake Outlet, Louisiana

Growth of Cancún, Mexico

Gypsy moth caterpillars damage Northeastern U.S. forests

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Hawaiian island disappears

Heat wave turns Europe brown

Heavy rains flood Peru

Helheim Glacier melt, Greenland

Highs and Lows of China's Poyang Lake

Historic Snowpack for the Sierra Nevada

Honey Prairie Fire, Georgia, U.S.

Huang He (Yellow) delta growth, China

Human activity threatens Nigeria’s Okomu Forest

Hurricane damage to Florida’s Everglades

Hurricane Dorian Devastates Northern Bahamas

Hurricane Eta's Aftermath in Nicaragua

Hurricane Ian Stirs Up Colorful Sediments in Its Wake, Florida

Hurricane Irene flooding, New York

Hurricane Irma turns Virgin Islands brown

Hurricane Isaac landfall, Louisiana

Hurricane Laura Floods Southwestern Louisiana

Hurricane Maria’s damage to Puerto Rico’s forests

Hurricane Matthew pounds southwestern Haiti

Hurricane Otis Alters Acapulco, Mexico

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Ice avalanche in Tibet’s Aru Range

Ice Breakup at Land Glacier, Antarctica

Ice Jam Floods Region in Northwest Alaska

Ice Melt Accelerates in Southern Greenland

Ice melt, Italy / Switzerland

Ice Tongue Fracture and Loss, Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Iceberg shatters after breaking off Pine Island Glacier

Iceland’s Ok Glacier Melts Away

Imja Glacier melt, Himalayas

Independence and Coffeyville floods, Kansas

India's Lonar Lake Changes Color

Invasion of the Water Hyacinths Across Valsequillo Reservoir, Mexico

Iran's Lake Urmia changes color

Iraq's Lake Milh Changes

Iraq's Tigris River Floods

Irrigation impact in Chihuahua, Mexico

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Jakarta Paving Worsens Flooding

James River Floods in South Dakota

January rain and snow refill California lakes

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Kaskawulsh Glacier meltwater alters downstream ecosystems

Kilauea Volcano eruptions in Hawaii

Kincade Fire, Northern California

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Lake Basaka growth, Ethiopia

Lake Lanier, Georgia, Near 40-Year High Water Mark

Lake Manitoba change, Canada

Lake Mead at record low

Lake Mead shrinkage, Nevada

Lake Meredith shrinkage, Texas

Lake Superior, U.S. after a deluge

Lake Victoria's Rising Waters

Land change in The Villages, Florida

Landslide in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Landslide in southern Kyrgyzstan

Landslide near Oso, Washington state

Landslides in Turkey Caused by Earthquakes

Lava eruption in Vatnajökull, Iceland

Licungo River flooding, Mozambique

Light pollution, Milan

Lithium Mining at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni

Lithium mining in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Long Butte fire, Idaho

Low Water in the Mississippi River

Lowering of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe and Zambia

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Mauna Loa, Hawaii, Erupts

McCarty Glacier melt, Alaska

Mekong River Changes Color

Melting Glaciers Enlarge Lakes on Tibetan Plateau

Melting Qori Kalis glacier, Peru

Mendocino Complex: California’s Largest Wildfire

Mining at Center, North Dakota

Mining impact in Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan

Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Flood

Mississippi River Floods

Missouri River flood, Nebraska

Monsoon Flooding in Bangladesh

Monsoon Flooding in Pakistan

Monsoon rain inundates Sri Lanka

More Flooding in Southeast Australia

Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, erupted 26 years ago

Muir Glacier melt, Alaska

Mumbai's mangroves both lose and gain ground

Mustang Complex Fire, Idaho

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NASA Helps Peru Find Illegal Gold Mining

Neumayer Glacier shrinks on South Georgia Island

New island appears, Red Sea

New island off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Nile Delta's Disappearing Farmland

Northwestern Glacier melt, Alaska

Norway’s Ålfotbreen Glacier Melting Faster in Recent Summers

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Ob River flow, Russia

Oil well fire in Iraq

Older, thicker Arctic sea ice declines

Olympian land changes in South Korea

Omo Delta growth, Kenya

Open-pit coal mine growth in Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Oscillating Goose Lake, California-Oregon border

Overflowing of Lake Manchar, Pakistan

Owens Lake degradation, California

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Parched Poyang Lake, China

Patagonia Glacier retreat, Chile

Pedersen Glacier melt, Alaska

Peloponnesus fires, Greece

Persistent drought shrinks Lake Cachuma, Southern California

Pine Island Glacier calving, Antarctica

Pine Island Glacier calving, Antarctica

Porcupine Glacier calves in British Columbia

Proctor Lake drought, Texas

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Rain in Death Valley, California

Rain swells rivers in Australia’s Channel Country

Rains Douse Fires, Cause Floods in New South Wales, Australia

Rapid forest loss in Cambodia

Rare snow falls at the edge of the Sahara Desert

Rattlesnake Fire, Arizona

Record Low Water Level at Great Salt Lake, Utah

Record Pools of Meltwater on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Recovery of Iraq’s Wetlands

Recovery of Mount St. Helens, Washington

Red River's Frequent Flooding

Retreat of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

Return of Lake Meredith, Texas

Revival of Lake Urmia, Iran

Rise and Fall of Earthquake Mountain near Gwadar, Pakistan

Rising Lakes Enriquillo and Azuéi, Dominican Republic and Haiti

Rising water, Caspian Sea

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Salmon River Reservoir growth, New York

Sampson Flat Fire, Australia

Samuel Dam impact / Deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil

San Luis Valley stream change, Colorado

Sea Ice Declines in Hudson Bay

Sea Wall Shields Japanese Town of Rikuzentakata

Severe Monsoon Rains Cause Catastrophic Flooding in Pakistan

Shanghai, China, Adds Land

Shrinking Aral Sea, central Asia

Shrinking Ellesmere Island ice caps, Canada

Shrinking glaciers along western Antarctica

Shrinking glaciers in New Zealand

Shrinking Great Salt Lake, Utah

Shrinking Lakes on Iberian Peninsula

Shrinking Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland

Shrinking Snowcap on Chilean Volcano

Shrinking Valdecañas Reservoir Exposes Spanish Stonehenge

Sierra Nevada snowpack increases

Snow drought in the Southern Rockies

Snow in Southern California

Snowpack restored on California's Sierra Nevada

Snowy Southern California

Solar Power Plant in Usagre, Spain, is Europe's Largest

South Patagonian glacier beats a hasty retreat

Southeastern Australia Turns Green

Spring Greening in Taklamakan Desert, China

Spring in the Kulunda Steppe, Russia-Kazakhstan Border

Stalled Landslide Threatens Tsunami in Alaskan Fjord

Storms swell Cedar River, Iowa

Surface mining expansion, West Virginia

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Taal Volcano Ash Coats Philippine Island of Luzon

Tanami Desert fires, Australia

Tasmania fire, Australia

Texas’ Nueces River floods

The Coteau des Prairies flood, South Dakota

Thomas fire, Southern California

Three Gorges Dam brings power, concerns to central China

Topaz Solar Farm installation, California

Tornado Carves Path Through Wynne, Arkansas

Tornado Scars Northern Michigan

Tornado Scars Selma, Alabama

Tornado's Destructive Path at Texas-Oklahoma Border

Travel Reduced Around Wuhan, China

Tropical Cyclone Fani Dims India’s Lights

Tropical Cyclone Freddy Floods Parts of Malawi

Tropical Cyclone Mekunu fills Rub´ al-Khali desert with water

Tropical Depression Lee landfall, Louisiana

Tropical Storm Nalgae Floods the Philippines

Turkey's Ilisu Dam Floods Historic Site

Twin Cities growth, Minnesota

Two Kenyan Lakes Expand, Threatening Both

Typhoon Nari flood, Cambodia

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Ups and downs of the Aral Sea

Urban expansion in New Delhi, India

Urban expansion in Shanghai, China

Urban growth in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Urban growth in Hurghada, Egypt

Urban growth in Las Vegas, Nevada

Urban growth in Manila, Philippines

Urban growth in Montgomery, Alabama

Urban growth, San Antonio, Texas

Urban growth, southwestern Morocco

Urban growth, Tucson, Arizona

Uruguay's Paso Severino Reservoir Dries Up

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Vanishing glaciers in Glacier National Park, Montana

Vanishing Great Salt Lake, Utah

Vavilov Ice Cap Glacier Accelerates

Volcano Ash Coats Tonga Islands

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Wadi As-Sirhan agricultural growth, Saudi Arabia

Walker Lake, Nevada, gets smaller and saltier

Water Fills Namibia's Etosha Salt Pan

Water in Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni

Water Level Drops in Argentina's Paraná River

Wax Lake Delta restoration, Louisiana

West Mims Fire (Florida/Georgia border) continues to burn

Whiting event in Lake Kivu, Central Africa

Wildfire near Ashland, Kansas

Wildfires burn Northern California's wine country

Wildfires near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada

Wildfires scorch Argentina’s Pampas region

Woolsey Fire, Southern California

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Yacyreta Dam impact, Paraguay

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