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This table gives a quick overview of recent changes to the Atlas website as well as recently added case studies (the date indicates when the case study was added to the atlas):

Date Type Issue
2025-03-24 New case study: Mont Saint-Michel, France
An ancient abbey on an island between ebb tide and flood, tourist destination and oyster cultivation.
2025-03-12 New case study: Tokyo Bay, Japan
A growing population and developing economy made a megacity expand into the sea, significantly changing the coastline.
2025-03-04 New case study: Batagai, Russia
Thawing permafrost in Siberia due to global warming leads to enhanced erosion of the soil and to the formation of a large crater.
2025-02-14 New case study: Shanghai, China
The development of the thriving center of China’s economy highlights land use change connected with urban growth.
2025-02-10 New Version 1.1 online – adaptation of the User Interface to ESA layout
2025-01-17 New case study: Grindavík, Iceland
Tectonic processes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are the reason for enhanced volcanic activities in the region.
2024-11-15 New case study: Mississippi Delta, U.S.A.
A changing delta due to sea level rise and reduced sediments from the Mississippi river.
2024-10-28 New Version 1.0 online
2024-10-21 New case study: Gibraltar, UK
The Strait of Gibraltar is an important gate for ship traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
2024-09-20 New case study: Derna, Libya
Unusually heavy rainfall caused a dam failure and a disastrous flooding in 2023.
2024-07-23 New case study: Bełchatów, Poland
Over the years, the open pit lignite mine follows the lignite deposits.
2024-07-23 New case study: New Valley, Egypt
Agriculture in the desert is enabled by diverting water from the Nile River.
2024-07-05 New case study: Lake Oroville, U.S.A.
Agriculture in California heavily depends on water from storage dams.
2024-06-28 New case study: Cairo, Egypt
The rapid growth of Cairo follows different directions and encloses the archaeological area around the Giza pyramids.
2024-02-15 New Version 0.9 online for testing
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