Creating, curating, and developing the repository of climate data that underlies the U.S. National Climate Assessments requires the ongoing efforts of hundreds of experts.
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Implications of a Supervolcano’s Seismicity
Last year’s rumblings beneath New Zealand’s Taupō supervolcano, the site of Earth’s most recent supereruption, lend new urgency to research and outreach efforts in the region.
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Microbial Influences on Subduction Zone Carbon Cycling
An innovative collaboration is investigating how geobiological processes alter fluxes of carbon and other materials between the deep Earth and the surface.
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Searching for Mount Meager’s Geothermal Heart
A field expedition into the British Columbia wilderness involving helicopter drops, mountain and landslide traverses, and treacherous ice caves aimed to facilitate geothermal exploration in Canada.
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Seeing the Greenland Ice Sheet Through Students’ Eyes
A team of students and faculty advisers revisited the site of pioneering geosciences expeditions from the 1920s, looking to introduce young researchers to polar science.
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A Global Perspective on Wildfires
Satellites provide global-scale data that are invaluable in efforts to understand, monitor, and respond to wildfires and emissions, which are increasingly affecting climate and putting humans at risk.
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Understanding High-Energy Physics in Earth’s Atmosphere
Thunderstorms present a variety of hazards, including emissions of ionizing radiation. An international group of scientists met at an Armenian observatory to share their findings.
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Hackathon Speeds Progress Toward Climate Model Collaboration
Climate scientists collaborated in a nationwide event to analyze and compare archived Earth system model simulations and to generate input for the IPCC’s upcoming climate change report.
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Rating Fire Danger from the Ground Up
Soil moisture information could improve assessments of wildfire probabilities and fuel conditions, resulting in better fire danger ratings.
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Working Together to Close Climate Change Information Gaps
Scientists and managers on the ground gathered to identify information gaps that pose barriers to evaluating climate change risks and responses.