3-D radiation-topography interaction, which can increase the sunlight absorption by the surface, is missing in all climate models, causing strong cold biases over the Tibetan Plateau.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Laboratory experiments that indicate rock particles can impede sliding along grain boundaries in ice may help researchers more accurately determine the composition of planetary ice masses.Read More »Climate Change
The first study to examine the ability of a suite of general circulation models to predict sudden warmings in Earth’s stratosphere highlights the potential for improving Northern Hemisphere forecasts.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Using high-resolution satellite data, scientists pinpoint discarded plastics floating off the coasts of Canada and Scotland.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Natural and manmade explosive events occurring on or below the Earth’s surface can be measured remotely in different ways and different places from the ionosphere.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Using modern techniques, scientists tested an old hypothesis about carbonate mud production to shift the thinking about rocks that are used as seawater archives and a source of petroleum.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A new statistical analysis of daily, glacial runoff cycles offers a unique way of examining how Alpine glaciers have responded since the onset of rapid regional warming in the 1980s.Read More »
