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Researchers walk toward a large geodesic dome and a small red Quonset hut on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Tiny Icequakes Ripple Through Greenland’s Largest Ice Stream

by J. Besl 5 March 20255 March 2025

Seismologists made an accidental discovery on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, changing the way glaciologists understand how ice moves.

Satellite imagery of Alaska’s coastline. Fans of gray and brown silt appear stacked on top of each other in the blue ocean.
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Coastlines Around the World Are Losing Sediment

by J. Besl 12 December 202412 December 2024

A new tool maps coastal sediments on the basis of water color. It shows that 75% of the world’s coastlines may be losing suspended sediment.

Park rangers walk away from marine debris. A small stump appears by the waterline.
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Buried Tree Stumps Show Shoreline Shifts of the Outer Banks

by J. Besl 11 December 202411 December 2024

Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can help land managers plan for the future.

Two side-by-side images show a glacier and mountain before and after a rockslide.
Posted inNews

Finding the Frequency of a Fjord

by J. Besl 9 October 202415 October 2024

A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.

汉代长城是一层层长满青草的褐色结构。
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在中国长城寻找气候线索

by J. Besl 23 September 202423 September 2024

在中国的西北部,沙漠条件保存了长城最偏远的部分。科学家们正在探索着2000年前的建筑材料,以寻找该地区过去气候的迹象。

Sarah Minson holding a cat in front of a fence.
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Sarah Minson: A Collaborative Quake Career

by J. Besl 25 July 202425 July 2024

A geophysicist thrives on teamwork at the U.S. Geological Survey.

A meltwater lake surrounded by a ring fracture on Antarctica’s George VI ice shelf.
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Antarctic Ice Doughnuts May Hold the Key to Shelf Collapse

by J. Besl 13 June 202413 June 2024

The first direct record of ring fractures in Antarctic ice shows how the phenomenon could cause rapid ice shelf collapse.

Kelp gigante en agua azul y soleada.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto

by J. Besl 31 January 202431 January 2024

El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.

The Han dynasty wall is a brown structure of grass-filled layers.
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Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall

by J. Besl 2 January 202423 September 2024

Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall
In northwestern China, desert conditions have preserved the farthest reaches of the Great Wall. Scientists are now exploring 2,000-year-old building materials for signs of the region’s past climate.

Giant kelp grows in sunny, blue water.
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When Forests on Land Burn, Forests Underwater Feel the Impact

by J. Besl 18 December 20239 February 2024

Kelp is a habitat, a carbon sink, and a binding agent in your ice cream. But new research shows that California’s kelp forests are affected by the fate of their counterparts on land.

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