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  1. Climate

    See how an Alaskan glacier has shrunk over time

    Scientists have created a time-lapse series of images of the retreat of an Alaskan glacier using NASA and U.S. Geological Survey Landsat data.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Ecosystems

    A newly found Atacama Desert soil community survives on sips of fog

    Lichens and other fungi and algae unite to form “grit-crust” on the dry soil of Chile’s Atacama Desert and survive on moisture from coastal fog.

    By Jack J. Lee
  3. Space

    Electric charges on dust grains may help explain how planets are born

    In an experiment, glass beads clung together like protoplanetary dust particles when shaken and flung more than 100 meters skyward.