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Appalachia

Acercamiento de un arbusto de lilas, mostrando flores rodeadas de hojas sobre un fondo de un cielo azul parcialmente nublado.
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Las hojas están brotando más temprano en el Sendero de los Apalaches

by Kate Hull 15 February 202315 February 2023

Imágenes satelitales de nuevas y brillantes hojas revelan cambios que producirán un efecto de cascada en diversos ecosistemas al este de los Estados Unidos.

Close-up of a flowering lilac shrub.
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Leaves Are Springing Up Earlier Along the Appalachian Trail

by Kate Hull 14 December 20225 September 2023

Satellite images of lustrous new leaves reveal changes that will have cascading effects on diverse ecosystems in the eastern United States.

Aerial photo of a fracking site
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How Death and Disaster Followed the Shale Gas Boom in Appalachia

by R. Mukherjee 27 February 202012 November 2021

In the past decade, fracking has contributed to the deaths of more than a thousand people and the emission of more than a thousand tons of carbon dioxide in the Appalachian Basin.

A new 10-year study investigates how insect infestations can affect the forest carbon cycle
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Insect Infestations Alter Forest Carbon Cycle

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 30 July 201811 January 2022

A hemlock woolly adelgid outbreak in southern Appalachia prompted a transformation in where the forest stores carbon.

US crustal thickness map.
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Novel Technique Finds New Features Under United States

by Terri Cook 29 June 201627 January 2023

A new high-fidelity tomography harnesses USArray data to expose a wealth of noteworthy crustal and upper mantle structures, including previously unknown anomalies beneath the Appalachians.

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