Networks of cracks in the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko may have originated from rapid heating and cooling of the comet's surface.
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Water Waves Provide Insight into Landslides and Avalanche Models
Boussinesq-type gravity waves appear to accurately describe vertical motion in granular flows found in geophysics.
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Great Lakes Hold Sway over Water and Carbon Cycling
The largest body of fresh water on Earth governs the exchange of gases between water and the atmosphere that makes it a carbon sink for the entire region.
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Water Resources Research at 50: Journal's Lasting Impact Expected to Grow
Editors discuss the importance, influence, and evolution of the American Geophysical Union's hydrological research journal, covering one of our planet's most complex and precious resources.
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Climate Closure
In the battle of public opinion over climate change, we can play to science's strengths by shifting tactics: Instead of struggling to prove humans are to blame, let's prove denialist fantasies wrong.
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Exploring the Impact of a Changing Climate on Tribal Communities
GA3: A Changing Climate's Effect on Rivers, Estuaries, Oceans, First Foods, and Tribal Health; Portland, Oregon, 21–23 March 2015
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Night Lights Illuminate Human Presence near Rivers
Nocturnal satellite imagery and other fine-scale data could improve global water resources management.
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Correlating Monsoon Strength with Boron Isotopes
Scientists tell the story of the past monsoon by measuring boron isotopes in organisms in the Arabian Sea.
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On the Rocks: The Challenges of Predicting Sea Level Rise
As the loss of West Antarctica's ice sheet threatens to raise sea level and flood the world's coasts, scientists must improve projections by understanding the physics where glaciers meet the ocean.
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This Winter's El Niño Might Only Dent Western U.S. Drought
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its winter weather outlook, which predicts a warm and wet winter in California but not enough rain to eliminate the state's pernicious drought.