Using century-old surveying photos, scientists have mapped 100 years of change in the Canadian Rockies to document the climate-altered landscape.
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J. Casey Moore (1945–2020)
This polymath Earth scientist pioneered multidisciplinary studies of subduction zones on land and at sea.
Solar Mandates in Sacred Groves
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India’s Food Bowl Heads Toward Desertification
Water-guzzling rice consumes more water than Punjab can recharge. If current irrigation rates continue, the state will empty its groundwater reserves within 20 years.