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E. Underwood

Ash from the Sierra Negra volcano on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos Islands drifts across the sky during an October 2005 eruption.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions with Artificial Intelligence

by E. Underwood 3 December 20195 January 2022

A machine learning algorithm automatically detects telltale signs of volcanic unrest.

Locations of researchers who participated in creating the first version of the Paleoclimate Community Reporting Standard
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Standardizing the Surge of Paleoclimate Data

by E. Underwood 27 September 20195 May 2022

Researchers unveil a community-wide effort to standardize terminology and reporting requirements across paleoclimate data.

Puffy cumulus clouds with a background of blue sky
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Soil Moisture Drives Great Plains Cloud Formation

by E. Underwood 10 September 20198 November 2022

A new study shows that models that reproduce moisture on land are better at accurately recreating cumulus cloud behavior.

Diagram of oxygen concentrations at 350 meters depth that shows the oxygen deficient zone, or shadow zone, in the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How the Ocean’s “Shadow Zone” Breathes

by E. Underwood 28 August 201922 December 2021

A new study uses Argo floats and an ocean circulation model to track the sources supplying pulses of oxygen to the deep North Pacific.

Wispy cirrus clouds hover high above an open farm field.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Way to Measure Cloud Composition

by E. Underwood 30 July 201925 July 2022

An enhanced satellite remote sensing suite accurately measures ice particles, temperature, and water vapor.

A visualization from space of rivers in Southeast and East Asia from a new global river map.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A More Accurate Global River Map

by E. Underwood 12 July 201915 March 2023

A new map of global river systems is based on crowdsourcing and the latest topography data sets.

Satellite image of clouds swirling above Earth
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Tropical Atmosphere’s Balancing Act

by E. Underwood 5 June 20196 March 2023

A new study finds that the tropical atmosphere maintains radiative-convective equilibrium as a whole, but not at smaller scales.

The Polar 6 research airplane in Antarctica
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Missing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice Sheets

by E. Underwood 4 June 201928 July 2022

New radio sounding study finds little evidence of lakes under Antarctica’s Recovery Glacier.

Satellite image of a collapsed storm over atolls
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Pacific Carbon Uptake Accelerating Faster Than Expected

by E. Underwood 29 May 201911 August 2022

A new study suggests that shifting ocean currents drive faster carbon dioxide uptake.

A researcher inside the subglacial conduit under Hansbreen, Svalbard
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Subglacial Meltwater Channels

by E. Underwood 28 May 201923 January 2023

Researchers find that past studies underestimate the friction meltwater channels exert on glaciers by orders of magnitude.

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