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A new study tracks meteor trails in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Meteor Trails to Study the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 9 August 201721 October 2021

Twelve years of radar data reveal new phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Offshore turbines in the wind farm Nordsee Ost (North Sea East) near Helgoland, Germany.
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Offshore Wind Turbines Can’t Yet Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes

by E. Underwood 8 August 201720 July 2022

A new study suggests that more robust turbine design is needed to weather high winds.

Researchers unravel the mystery of an anomaly in Earth’s ionosphere
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Auroras May Explain an Anomaly in Earth’s Ionosphere

by E. Underwood 7 August 201723 January 2023

A new study finds that the ionospheric anomaly over the Weddell Sea is likely influenced by proximity to auroral energy input, rather than by tilting magnetic fields.

Researchers assess how past flooding influences river meanders
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Model for River Meanders

by E. Underwood 2 August 20177 October 2022

A river’s twists and turns are shaped by its past flood events.

Researchers look at what drives recent heat waves in China
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Are Humans to Blame for Worsening Heat Waves in China?

by E. Underwood 25 July 20177 September 2018

A new study suggests that even hotter events will follow unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.

Researchers assess the role of water vapor in predicting volcanic eruptions
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Can Water Vapor Help Forecast When a Volcano Will Blow?

by E. Underwood 10 July 201715 November 2022

A widely used technique to monitor sulfur dioxide was tweaked to focus on water vapor at Peru’s Sabancaya Volcano. Results show that the volcano steamed up prior to its 2016 eruption.

Researchers assess how ice movement affects bedrock beneath Greenland’s Rink Glacier.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Massive Waves of Melting Greenland Ice Warped Earth’s Crust

by E. Underwood 28 June 201711 January 2022

A novel method uses shifting bedrock to trace pulses of mass that propagate down a glacier.

Researchers untangle how changes in wind direction influence tropical storms
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Shifting Winds Turn Tropical Storms into Hurricanes

by E. Underwood 27 June 201710 December 2022

Researchers present a novel method for analyzing how wind shear affects tropical cyclone strength and structure.

Researchers model waves to understand how wind drives mixing in lake waters
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Does Wind Push Water?

by E. Underwood 22 June 20174 February 2022

A new 3-D model shows how wind affects hydrodynamic mixing in a northern Italian lake.

Natural-color image of category 3 Hurricane Gonzalo on October 17, 2014.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

When Ocean and Atmosphere Couple, the Climate Wobbles

by E. Underwood 5 May 2017

Every 25–30 years, the ocean and atmosphere conspire to produce an enhanced North Atlantic Oscillation

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