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SWOT satellite spots large-scale river waves for first time
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused ...
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Extreme wet and dry years drive dramatic shifts in Lake Tahoe's underwater UV light
Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale shifts in ultraviolet radiation (UV) as climate change intensifies wet and dry extremes in the region. That is according to a study led by the University of California, Davis's Tahoe ...
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Novel AI methodology improves gully erosion prediction and interpretation
Gully erosion is the most severe form of soil erosion, and it can seriously impact agricultural fields, contributing to sediment loss and severe nutrient runoff into waterways. Gullies can be triggered suddenly by a single ...
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How deep-Earth carbon movements shape continents and diamonds
A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIG-CAS), along with international collaborators, reveals that deeply subducted carbonates ...
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Volcanic eruptions trigger ice formation in clouds
When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How exactly these aerosols impact cloud formation has long been a mystery to atmospheric scientists.
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When lightning strikes: Gamma-ray burst unleashed by lightning collision
Lightning is a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity since time immemorial, providing a stark example of the power and unpredictability of the natural world. Although the study of lightning can be challenging, scientists ...
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Combining afforestation and oceanic CO₂ removal could reduce pressure on land areas
To reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, we not only have to reduce CO2 emissions, but also remove CO₂ from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal, CDR) on a large scale. This can involve both land- and ocean-based methods.
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Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tons in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region's history and risk of tsunamis.
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River alkalinization and ocean acidification face off in coastal waters
The Chesapeake Bay is the continental United States' largest estuary, spanning approximately 320 kilometers (200 miles) between northeastern Maryland and Virginia Beach. Like many coastal ecosystems, its water chemistry is ...
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Fool's gold: A hidden climate stabilizer
On our planet, the cycle and balance of carbon from reservoir to reservoir is a matter of life or death. Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the ocean, to carbon-based life forms, to rocks or sediments, and it can be tied ...
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Atmospheric scientists suggest that AI could be used to make 30-day weather forecasts
A team of atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington has found evidence that weather forecasters may be able to look ahead for up to 30 days when making predictions. In their study, posted on the arXiv preprint ...
A mysterious, highly active undersea volcano near California could erupt later in 2025: What scientists expect
A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say.
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New research links global climate patterns to wildfires in Los Angeles
As wildfires continue to ravage regions from Los Angeles to South Korea, a new study featured on the cover of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on the large-scale climate patterns influencing these devastating ...
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May 20, 2025
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Clouding the forecast: Why so many climate models are wrong about rate of Arctic warming
The Arctic is one of the coldest places on Earth, but in recent decades, the region has been rapidly warming, at a rate three to four times faster than the global average. However, current climate models have been unable ...
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May 20, 2025
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1.5°C Paris Climate Agreement target may be too high for polar ice sheets and sea level rise
Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world's ice sheets, according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
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May 20, 2025
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Amazon forest loss leads to measurable drop in regional rainfall
The Amazon Basin lost about 27,000 square kilometers of forest each year from 2001 to 2016. By 2021, about 17% of the basin had been deforested.
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May 19, 2025
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Scientists use salinity to trace changes in the US Northeast coastal ocean
The near-bottom water in the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This "cold pool" preserves winter temperatures, even when waters become too warm ...
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May 19, 2025
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Why is southern Australia in drought—and when will it end?
Swathes of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia are in the grip of drought as they experience some of the lowest rainfall totals on record.
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May 19, 2025
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Model suggests impact of global warming on AMOC has led to increased flooding along US Northeast Coast
A team of geophysicists and atmospheric scientists at Princeton's NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has found evidence that a warming planet over the ...
Glaciers will take centuries to recover even if global warming is reversed, scientists warn
New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries—even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5°C limit, having exceeded it.
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May 19, 2025
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