由于气候变化，青藏高原和安第斯山脉的云层比其他地区的云更冷、更高。这可能会影响当地的水文循环和辐射过程。
Rebecca Dzombak
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One Shock, Many Responses in Zircon and Other Grains
A long-lived mineral grain, such as zircon, can be an invaluable tool for reconstructing impact events. But those long lives make for complex stories.
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Clouds over the Highest Mountains Dance a Little Differently
Clouds over the Tibetan Plateau and the Andes are growing colder and higher than other clouds in response to climate change. That could affect local hydrology and radiation.
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Patchier Permafrost Is Linked to More Intense Hillslope Erosion
Arctic landscapes with spots of disconnected permafrost erode faster than those with continuous permafrost, a new study finds.
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Briny “Death Pools” Hold Clues to Early Life
New evidence from the depths of the Red Sea supports the oxidation of manganese and iron as an engine for life in the earliest oceans.
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Wind Works: The Atmosphere’s Invisible Energetic Tug-of-War
Two basic atmospheric factors can explain the weak and, at times, contrasting trends in global wind energy dissipation under climate change.
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Volatile Organic Compounds Have Been Underestimated in the Carbon Cycle
Better tracking of these reactive compounds is essential for understanding how the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere interact.
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Why Marine Heat Waves and Acidification Strike Together
A chemistry tug-of-war between ocean acidity and carbon in warming oceans determines when and where these damaging events strike.
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It Takes Three to Model Methane Right
By combining conventional process-based and atmospheric inversion modeling with machine learning, scientists home in on a more realistic methane model.
