Author Profile: Lily Strelich

Lily Strelich

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Scientists at the Centennial Plenary AGU Fall Meeting 2018

News 10 January 2019

How Did We Get Here? A Panel of Scientists Answers

A panel of scientists kicks off AGU’s Centennial by looking back on the groundbreaking achievements of the past century.

Geology & Geophysics

The Washington Monument peeks out from behind a sandstone gatepost

GeoFIZZ 6 December 2018

Self-Guided Tour of the Geology in D. C. Buildings

The architecture of the nation’s capital reveals a secret geologic history—take a walking tour to spot the interesting fossils and minerals in the stones used to build the halls of power.

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Geology & Geophysics

A woman draws water from a well in northern India, where unsustainable aquifers are vulnerable to drought conditions.

Research Spotlight 19 October 2018

A Closer Look at the Sustainability of Our Groundwater Aquifers

Researchers use a new approach to assessing the world’s largest aquifers in hopes of improving groundwater management during drought periods.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

A new study links Milankovitch cycles to the onset of glacial periods

Research Spotlight 1 June 2017

How Variations in Earth’s Orbit Triggered the Ice Ages

Researchers pinpoint how Milankovitch cycles have driven ice growth and influenced the timing of glacial periods.

Biogeosciences

The federal Water Quality Portal gives disparate water quality data sets and resources a home on the Web

Research Spotlight 17 March 2017

Water Quality Database Offers New Tools to Study Aquatic Systems

Researchers assess the federal Water Quality Portal, a Web portal that unites disparate water quality data sets and resources.

Ocean Sciences

A new model reveals the role of Antarctic Circumpolar Current eddies in moving high volumes of water.

Research Spotlight 10 February 2017

Swirling Eddies in the Antarctic May Have Global Impacts

A new model examines how eddies in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current affect volume transport of the world's strongest current.

Science Policy & Funding

water-treatment-plant-Nairobi-Kenya-subsidies

Research Spotlight 2 August 2016

Water Subsidies May Not Be Going to Those Who Need Them Most

A new study finds a widely used water tariff does not effectively deliver subsidies to intended beneficiaries in Nairobi, Kenya.

Geology & Geophysics

The Devil City is a wind-erosion landform near the town of Urho in northwestern China. It lies above an ancient subduction zone.

Research Spotlight 22 June 2016

Traces of Ancient Buried Subduction Zone Found in China

A combination of observations and modeling reveals evidence of a late Paleozoic intraoceanic subduction zone in the western Junggar region of northwest China.

Atmospheric Sciences