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Dust from Receding Glaciers May Have Major Atmospheric Impacts

New research is helping scientists understand how Arctic dust created by receding glaciers affects local air quality and global climate.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
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News 16 December 2020

Dirty Trees Shape Earth’s Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles

Researchers peer into precipitation partitioning—the process by which plants and the organic matter coating them help shape the hydrologic cycle.
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News 15 December 2020

Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities

In rural and remote communities in Australia, psychological distress worsened during the first few years of a prolonged drought. Other signs of poor mental health persisted beyond that time.
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New Volcano, Old Caldera

Researchers suggest a magma chamber sits within an old submarine caldera structure that extends into the mantle. Nearby, a new underwater volcano emerged with a flurry of seismicity.
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News 15 December 2020

Hurricane Maria Killed Mangroves Months After Storm

An overgrown channel between a lagoon and the ocean on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques created a backup of freshwater, disrupting the delicate balance of salinity in coastal mangrove forests.
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News 15 December 2020

When Did Archaic Humans Control Fire?

A familiar geochemical technique shines a new spotlight on early hominin use of fire.
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News 14 December 2020

An Ice Core from the Roof of the World

An innovative National Geographic expedition collected the world’s highest ice core from Mount Everest.
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News 14 December 2020

A Robust Proxy for Geomagnetic Reversal Rates in Deep Time

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field in the distant past can tell scientists whether the planet’s magnetic poles were steady or prone to frequent reversals.
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News 14 December 2020

Tracing the Moisture That Nourishes the World’s Highest Glacier

Using data from weather stations on and around Mount Everest, scientists find that the Khumbu Glacier receives most of its moisture from the Bay of Bengal.
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News 14 December 2020

Do Uranus’s Moons Have Subsurface Oceans?

Scientists tested whether a classic technique could detect subsurface oceans on the moons of Uranus. In this scenario, the planet’s oddball magnetic field offers a big advantage.
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