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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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Modeling Sea-Level Rise in San Francisco Bay Estuary
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Ice Core
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Location: AK, USA
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Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
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Sprague River Basin, Oregon
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Location: OR, USA
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Sprague River Basin, Oregon
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Location: OR, USA
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Sagehen Creek Basin, California
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Location: CA, USA
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Feather River Basin, California
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Location: CA, USA
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Naches River Basin, Washington
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Location: WA, USA
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Yampa River Basin, Colorado
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Location: CO, USA
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Studying Old Organic Carbon in the Yukon River
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Location: Gulkana Glacier, AK, USA
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Studying Old Organic Carbon in the Yukon River
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Location: Gulkana Glacier, AK, USA

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Studying Old Organic Carbon in the Yukon River
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Location: Gulkana Glacier, AK, USA
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Agricultural Field in the Great Plains Region of Montana
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Location: MT, USA
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Meltwater Stonefly (Lednia tumana)
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Location: Glacier National Park, MT, USA
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Joshua Trees in Inyo Mountains above Eureka Valley, CA
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Location: Inyo Mountains, Eureka Valley, CA
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Joshua Trees at Pierce Ferry, AZ
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Location: Pierce Ferry, CA
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Dust Storm in Moab, Utah
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Location: Moab, UT
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Dust Storm near Arches National Park, Utah
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Location: Moab, UT
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Tidal Marshland in the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts
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Location: Rowley, MA
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Tidal Marshland in the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts
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Location: Rowley, MA
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Tidal Marshland in the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts
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Location: Rowley, MA
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Alaska Coastal Marsh
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Location: Beluga, AK
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Eastern Shore of Maryland Coastal Wetland
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Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD
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Boundary Monument 75E, Southeastern Arizona - 1893
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Location: AZ
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Boundary Monument 75E, Southeastern Arizona - 1994
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Location: AZ
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Boundary Monument 75E, Southeastern Arizona - 2009
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Location: AZ
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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado - 1891
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Location: CO
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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado - 1989
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Location: CO
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Huérfano Butte, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Southern Arizona - 1902
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Location: AZ
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Huérfano Butte, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Southern Arizona - 1941
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Location: AZ
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Huérfano Butte, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Southern Arizona - 2007
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Location: AZ
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Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 1941
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Location: AK
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Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 1950
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Location: AK
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Muir and Riggs Glaciers, Muir Inlet, Alaska - 2004
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Location: AK
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San Carlos River near Peridot, Southern Arizona - 1940
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Location: AZ
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San Carlos River near Peridot, Southern Arizona - 1964
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Location: AZ
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San Carlos River near Peridot, Southern Arizona - 2000
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Location: AZ
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Shepard Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana - 1913
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Location: MT
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Shepard Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana - 2005
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Location: MT
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Saguaro National Park, East Unit, Southern Arizona - ca. 1935
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Location: AZ
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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