Improved accuracy and optimization of models could benefit many applications.
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Scientists Discover Stromboli-Like Eruption on Volcanic Moon
Jupiter’s moon Io is known for its lava fountains and roiling lava lakes, but scientists had never seen such an intense eruption in their data until now.
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Mossy Oaks Are Dripping with Organic Matter
Epiphyte-bearing trees leach carbon when it rains.
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S. K. Satheesh Receives 2017 Devendra Lal Memorial Medal
S. K. Satheesh was awarded the 2017 Devendra Lal Memorial Medal at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 13 December 2017 in New Orleans, La. The medal is for “outstanding Earth and/or space sciences research by a scientist belonging to and working in a developing nation.”
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Asked at Fall Meeting, Scientists React to Trump Science Agenda
Eos surveyed some attendees at the American Geophysical Union’s recent 2017 Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La., about the White House’s science policies and actions. Here are their responses.
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Vetting New Models of Climate Responses to Geoengineering
The Seventh Meeting of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project; Newry, Maine, 26 July 2017
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Humans to Blame for Higher Drought Risk in Some Regions
New observations and analysis dispel remaining doubts that anthropogenic climate change is expanding dry areas in northern midlatitudes.
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Brian Kennett Receives 2017 Inge Lehmann Medal
Brian Kennett was awarded the 2017 Inge Lehmann Medal at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 13 December 2017 in New Orleans, La. The medal is for “outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and core.”
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Why Mountainous Upland Forests Emit So Much Methane
New research suggests that moist tree heartwood produces methane and emits the greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
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Students Get Help from Weather Radar to Find Space Rock Remains
Teens helped by scientists and educators seek meteorites that plunged into Lake Michigan early this year. Weather radar guided the search for the projectiles.