Geology & Geophysics
Many tools of chemical analysis, experimentation, modeling, and theory have the potential to increase our understanding of how fracture patterns develop at different geological time scales.
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Natural Hazards
We can better understand the risks of natural hazards and develop more effective mitigation strategies when geoscience and social science perspectives are combined.
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Society’s High Stakes Game of Chance Against Nature
Space Science & Space Physics
The appearance of sunspots—their number, duration, and location—suggests that the dynamics of the Sun’s outer layer is synchronized with an internal clock.
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Hearing the Sun Tock
Space Science & Space Physics
A new book brings together insights from the space weather, geophysics, and power engineering communities to understand the characteristics and impacts of geomagnetically induced currents.
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The Infrastructure Impacts of Solar Storms
Space Science & Space Physics
Under a new mandate, consortia of the world’s major space weather centers will disseminate new space-weather advisories for civil aviators representing a significant change-of-state for space weather.
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Space Weather Aviation Forecasting on a Global Scale
Geohealth
Using examples from the year 2012, a new study estimates the health costs of deaths and illnesses associated with climate-sensitive events.
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Putting a Price on the Costs of Climate Related Health Impacts
Atmospheric Sciences
Model hierarchies are fundamental to how we model Earth’s climate, allowing us to apply our theoretical understanding, connect simple ideas to the real atmosphere, and test new hypotheses.
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Atmospheric Model Hierarchies: Connecting Theory and Models
Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The daily activities of mammals, reptiles, crustaceans, and fish influence the physical environment, with invasive burrowing species causing particular disruption in aquatic environments.
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Invasive Species Drive Erosion in Aquatic Environments
Planetary Sciences
A new special collection in JGR: Planets explores how ice has played a key role in the development of the landscape on the surface of Ceres.
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Ceres: Evolution of the Asteroid Belt’s Icy Giant
Ocean Sciences
Winds are thought to play a significant role in driving the asymmetric seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice growth and melt.
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