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U.S. Climate Change Negotiator Says Time Is Right for a Deal

by Randy Showstack 25 November 20152 May 2023

With the United Nations climate change conference imminent, the U.S. special envoy for climate change optimistically outlined what sort of agreement could drive the transition to a low-carbon world.

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Managing the Carbon Cycle Requires Strong Science

by Galen A. McKinley, C. A. Carlson, A. Andrews, D. G. Brown, P. Romero-Lankao and G. Shrestha 25 November 20152 November 2021

For future climate change mitigation strategies to be effective, carbon cycle science must receive a major boost.

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Forecast Versus Reality: High-Resolution Weather Prediction

by L. Strelich 25 November 201525 February 2022

Researchers test the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model with real-life observational data to evaluate forecast accuracy.

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Purple Hearts Honor Four Meteorologists Killed in World War II

by Randy Showstack 24 November 20155 October 2021

Seventy-three years after they died in a German U-boat attack, a ceremony posthumously honors the U.S. Weather Service workers and highlights the importance of weather forecasting during the war.

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Aftershocks of Old Quakes Still Shake New Madrid Seismic Zone

by L. Strelich 24 November 201518 October 2022

Geodetic data show that earthquakes in 1450 and 1811–1812 may be responsible for present-day seismic activity in the region.

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Earth's Water Came from Space Dust During Planetary Formation

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 23 November 201510 January 2023

A new analysis of lava from the deep mantle indicates that water-soaked dust particles, rather than a barrage of icy comets, asteroids, or other bodies, delivered water to the newly forming Earth.

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How Your Gift Can Keep on Giving

by J. Borchardt 23 November 20152 May 2023

A new incentive program will award up to $5000 in unrestricted funds to each American Geophysical Union section or focus group with enough donors making contributions this year of $50 or more to any AGU funds.

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Cooling Galápagos Sea Surface Temperatures Affect Local Penguins

by David Shultz 23 November 201512 January 2022

The Galápagos cold pool is expanding northward as a result of climate change, and local penguin populations are rising.

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New Study Reveals How Much Groundwater Remains

by S. Kelleher 20 November 20153 March 2023

Researchers have calculated for the first time the volumes of recently accumulated groundwater reserves worldwide—the "young" groundwater that most of humanity depends on.

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Slow-Moving Glide Avalanches Still Pack a Punch

by N. McGuire 20 November 201520 November 2015

Predicting glide avalanches and explaining how they work are difficult tasks, but the forces they exert can be calculated fairly well.

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