The ozone hole over Antarctica has shrunk by 16% since its peak in 2000, and some suspect it may disappear entirely by midcentury.
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What Causes Heavy Rainfall?
Scientists investigate atmospheric conditions that correlate to heavy rainfall in the midlatitudes.
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Academy Head Says Political Rancor Harms Science, Society
The retiring National Academy of Sciences president says allegations that climate change is a fraud are deeply upsetting. But he hopes rabid partisanship can be eased.
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Model Predicts Heights of Rogue Waves
Rogue waves form without warning and can tower more than 25 meters high. A new mathematical approach shows promise at simulating how high these waves can be.
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Novel Technique Finds New Features Under United States
A new high-fidelity tomography harnesses USArray data to expose a wealth of noteworthy crustal and upper mantle structures, including previously unknown anomalies beneath the Appalachians.
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Eyjafjallajökull Gave Lava and Ice Researchers an Eyeful
New insights from the 2010 eruption may help volcanologists determine how glaciers shaped ancient lava flows.
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A River Network Preserved Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
An ancient drainage basin covering one fifth of Greenland predates the ice sheet and strongly influences the modern Jakobshavn Glacier, according to a new analysis of ice-penetrating radar data.
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Insights into Long-Standing Bias in Cloud Property Retrieval
A new framework provides a more comprehensive view of how subpixel variations can create biases in a commonly used method of analyzing cloud properties with satellites.
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2016 AGU Section and Focus Group Awardees and Named Lecturers
The American Geophysical Union recognizes outstanding scientists in Earth and space sciences ranging from biogeosciences to space physics to volcanology.