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A dredge works through the night to clear shoaling along the Mississippi River at New Orleans.

High Water: Prolonged Flooding on the Deltaic Mississippi River

by N. M. Gasparini and B. Yuill 20 March 202027 October 2022

Changing climate and land use practices are bringing extended periods of high water to the lower Mississippi River. New management practices are needed to protect people, industry, and the land.

Black-and-white image of Mount St. Helens in 1980 with a billowing ash plume

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U.S. Readies Health Response for the Next Big Eruption

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 March 202010 May 2022

Forty years after the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens, scientists, communities, and civic officials are evaluating plans to best protect public health before, during, and after an eruption.

Two brothers equipped with backpacks and ice axes stand on the summit of Mount Adams (3,743 meters), admiring their next objective: Mount Rainier (4,392 meters), the tallest and most challenging of the Cascade volcanoes.

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Climbing the Occasionally Cataclysmic Cascades

by Mary Caperton Morton 27 February 202010 May 2022

Living in Geologic Time: Every one of the Pacific Northwest’s volatile volcanoes is likely to erupt again before the range goes extinct.

Earth’s global carbon cycle includes major carbon sinks and sources.

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The Future of the Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate

by A. Kaushik, J. Graham, K. Dorheim, R. Kramer, J. Wang and B. Byrne 20 February 20201 April 2022

Surface and space-based observations, field experiments, and models all contribute to our evolving understanding of the ways that Earth’s many systems absorb and release carbon.

Black-and-white photo of a seated woman and man discussing large weather maps

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June Bacon-Bercey: Pioneering Meteorologist and Passionate Supporter of Science

by Katherine Kornei 17 February 202029 September 2021

Bacon-Bercey redefined the role of the television meteorologist, blazing trails for African Americans and endowing an AGU scholarship for women studying atmospheric science.

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Diagnosing Thwaites

by Javier Barbuzano 31 January 202013 December 2021

The water under a vulnerable Antarctic glacier is warming. Its catastrophic collapse could trigger a dramatic increase in global sea level.

A man and a woman in blue lab coats smile in a lab.

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Profits for the Planet

by Korena Di Roma Howley 29 January 20204 February 2022

Entrepreneurs are addressing global challenges with science-based—and financially sustainable—solutions.

A wildfire burns in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

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Firing Up Climate Models

by Adityarup Chakravorty 27 January 20201 April 2022

Scientists are working to incorporate wildfire data into climate models, resolving hindrances related to scale, speed, and the complex feedbacks between the climate and wildfire emissions.

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What Is Left in the Air After a Wildfire Depends on Exactly What Burned

by Megan Sever 23 January 202016 March 2022

Forecasting air quality after a wildfire is improving, thanks to more-refined models that measure the biomass going into the blaze and the emissions coming out.