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	NASA-USGS Landsat Data Yield Best View to Date of Global Forest Losses, Gains January 23, 2014 The ravages of deforestation, wildfires, windstorms and insects on global forests during this century are revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study based on data from...
	GLP: Data Visualization Challenge January 22, 2014 GLP welcomes entries to the Data Visualization Challenge in Land Systems Science, to be held in conjunction with the GLP-OSM 2014. The purpose of the challenge is to...
	Landsat Satellite Sees Florida Mangroves Migrate North December 30, 2013 Cold-sensitive mangrove forests have expanded dramatically along Florida's Atlantic Coast since the mid-1980s, as the frequency of killing frosts has declined, according to...
	GLP e-News No. 63 December 23, 2013 GLP-OSM 2014 Land Transformations: Between Global Challenges and Local Realities Humboldt University, Berlin \| March 19th - 21st, 2014 The 2014 Global Land Project Open...
	Landsat 8 Helps Reveal the Coldest Place on Earth December 19, 2013 What is the coldest place on Earth? It’s a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92...
	New Book: Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change October 29, 2013 Ed. by Chen, Jiquan / Wan, Shiqiang / Henebry, Geoffrey / Qi, Jiaguo / Gutman, Garik / Sun, Ge / Kappas, Martin