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Rebecca Owen

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Megadroughts Have Grown in Size and Scope

by Rebecca Owen 6 February 20256 February 2025

A new study maps and ranks the largest, longest-lasting, and most severe multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018.

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CT Scans Show How Giant Hailstones Grow

by Rebecca Owen 17 January 202517 January 2025

Dental office technology is giving scientists a peek inside giant hailstones.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling the Long and Short of Subduction Zones

by Rebecca Owen 10 January 202517 January 2025

A new subduction model could reveal important insights about megathrust earthquakes.

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Aerosols Could Be Weakening Summertime Circulation

by Rebecca Owen 18 December 202418 December 2024

Anthropogenic aerosol emissions may be a culprit behind weakening jet streams and weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Here’s How the Hunga Tonga Eruption Sounded

by Rebecca Owen 4 December 20244 December 2024

New Zealanders’ experiences during the Hunga Volcano’s eruption match seismic monitoring data.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Insight into Inland Water Carbon Dioxide Emissions

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 202421 November 2024

A process-based modeling technique reveals surprising information about carbon emissions from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs across the contiguous United States.

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New Software Package Helps Scientists Find Flux

by Rebecca Owen 13 November 202413 November 2024

An easy-to-use R package offers a more efficient way to sort through and analyze data about greenhouse gas levels collected in static chamber experiments.

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了解地球物理学:追踪 AGU 期刊文章标题的演变

by Rebecca Owen 28 October 202428 October 2024

一项新研究对 AGU 期刊文章标题中最常用的词汇进行了分类,并探讨了这些词汇讲述的地球和空间科学领域发展的故事。

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Landslide Risk in the United States and Puerto Rico

by Rebecca Owen 22 October 202422 October 2024

A new method provides highly accurate continental-scale landslide susceptibility maps that are being used in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

California Wildfires and Weather Are Changing Erosion Patterns

by Rebecca Owen 17 October 202417 October 2024

Sediment runoff from the state’s increasingly severe wildfires and heavy rain events may affect ecosystems and water resources downstream.

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