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Items related to long-term alteration in the characteristic weather conditions of a region, such as changes in precipitation and temperature.

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Saguaro National Park, East Unit, Southern Arizona - 2010
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Location: AZ
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Santa Catalina Highway, near Tucson, Southern Arizona - 1987
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Location: AZ
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Santa Catalina Highway, near Tucson, Southern Arizona - 2006
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Location: AZ
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Fossil-Bearing Sediments
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Location: Snomass Village, CO
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Mammoth Fossils
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Location: Snomass Village, CO
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Mastodon Fossil
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Location: Snomass Village, CO
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Fossil Discovery Site
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Location: Snomass Village, CO
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Colorado River Dry Delta
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Location: USA
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Colorado River Runs Dry
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Location: USA
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When USGS mapped the glaciers in Icy Bay in the 1950s, the glacier in this image was flat and hundreds of meters thick. Bedrock is emerging as Guyot retreats very rapidly....
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Shriveled and Cracked
When USGS mapped the glaciers in Icy Bay in the 1950s, the glacier in this image was flat and hundreds of meters thick. Bedrock is emerging as Guyot retreats very rapidly....
Location: Icy Bay, AK, USA
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A submarine berg emerges from the advancing terminus of Yahtse Glacier. Iceberg calving is a key process in the global sea level budget....
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Submarine Surfacing
A submarine berg emerges from the advancing terminus of Yahtse Glacier. Iceberg calving is a key process in the global sea level budget....
Location: USA
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Both ice and water sculpt the landscape surrounding Columbia Glacier.  Since USGS studies began in the early 1970s the glacier has lost 140 cubic km of ice, thinning by over 500 meters in the neighborhood of this image, and exposing 100 square km of new ocean....
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Hydroforms
Both ice and water sculpt the landscape surrounding Columbia Glacier.  Since USGS studies began in the early 1970s the glacier has lost 140 cubic km of ice, thinning by over 500 meters in the neighborhood of this image, and exposing 100 square km of new ocean....
Location: Columbia Glacier, AK, USA
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Both ice and water sculpt the St. Elias range, forcing some of the fastest erosion rates on Earth....
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Rapid Erosion
Both ice and water sculpt the St. Elias range, forcing some of the fastest erosion rates on Earth....
Location: Icy Bay, AK, USA
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USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change....
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Setting it Up, Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park.
USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change....
Location: Glacier National Park, , MT, USA
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Getting the Shot, Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park.
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Location: Glacier National Park, , MT, USA
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Sheridan glacier and Sheridan river from the air, rich in fine glacial flour....
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Sheridan Glacier from the Air
Sheridan glacier and Sheridan river from the air, rich in fine glacial flour....
Location: AK, USA
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Debris-Free Plateau Glacier
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Location: Bhutan
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Landsat Ice Caps
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Location: Russia
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Panoramic of Glaciers in the Caucasus Moutains
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Location: Russia
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Bivachnyy Glacier
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Location: Tajikistan
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