“It’s like you riding on a waterslide versus a rockslide. You’re going to slide a lot faster on the waterslide.”

winnie chu, “A Burst of Subglacial Water Cracked the Greenland Ice Sheet”

CLIMATE ARCHIVE

An Ecosystem Never Forgets

A new study in southwestern China shows how ecosystems may exhibit “hydrological memory,” which affects how they react to extreme climate events such as heat and drought.

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