Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt seals, their preferred prey.
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NASA Maps Beirut Blast Damage
NASA's ARIA team, in collaboration with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, used satellite data to map the extent of likely damage following a massive explosion in Beirut.
New Study Warns: We Have Underestimated the Pace at Which the Arctic is Melting
Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed.
Wildfire Activity Increasing Statewide Under Current Weather Pattern
Texas A&M Forest Service: The hot, dry pattern is expected to continue as Texas enters late summer fire season.
Exact Climate Data From the Past
Corals and cave carbonates are important archives of past climate.
Indigenous Property Rights Protect the Amazon Rainforest
One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – and help in the global fight against climate change – is to grant more of Brazil’s indigenous communities full property rights to tribal lands.


