A recent paper in Review of Geophysics built a unifying model to predict the surface characteristics of large earthquakes.
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Airborne Fireball
A surprise sighting of a meteor in the sky above southeast Michigan.
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Global Average Temperatures in 2017 Continued Upward Trend
Even when the warming from El Niño is removed, 2017 ranks among the hottest years on record.
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Prestigious Climate-Related Fellowships Rescinded
Reduced program is one of several that usually support climate science postdoctoral research but have eliminated or suspended funding opportunities.
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Pedotransfer Functions Bring New Life to Earth System Modeling
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes how currently available soil information furthers our understanding of soil processes and their integration in Earth system modeling.
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Scientists Create Catalog of Altotiberina Fault in Italy
More than 37,000 small earthquakes paint a picture of the fault’s behavior and seismic potential.
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New Observations of Mysterious Radar Echoes
Exploring the relationship between solar extreme ultraviolet radiation flux and 150-km radar echoes.
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Revised AGU Position Statement Addresses Climate Intervention
The American Geophysical Union urges further research and policy development with regard to climate intervention (previously called geoengineering) that considers impacts on society.
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The Amazon River’s Ecosystem: Where Land Meets the Sea
What happens to plant matter on its journey down the Amazon River to the Atlantic Ocean? One research group investigated the region where river and ocean meet to fill in this part of the story.
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Climate Change Is National Security Risk, Congress Members Warn
The Trump administration’s recently released National Security Strategy differs sharply from Obama’s strategy, which identified climate change as a top strategic risk to the country.