Research Spotlights Archives - Page 165 of 204

Example of old and new instrument types used across the U.S. by the Cooperative Observer Program to record maximum and minimum daily temperatures.

Toward a Reassessment of Daily Temperature Range Trends

by Terri Cook 23 May 201620 March 2023

To reduce the uncertainty associated with this important climate change index, recent studies have developed a new diurnal temperature range data set and compared the results to previous estimates.

Engineers decommissioning an ocean bottom seismometer and differential pressure gauge

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Streamlining Rapid Tsunami Forecasting

by Sarah Stanley 23 May 20168 December 2022

With enough sensors, traditional forecasting methods could be replaced by models continuously updated with real-time wave data.

Artist's rendering of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which observes interactions between the solar wind and the upper atmosphere of Mars.

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Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained

by Mark Zastrow 20 May 20164 May 2022

NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.

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Evaluating the Impact of Maryland's Healthy Air Act

by Terri Cook 12 May 201627 February 2023

Reducing emissions of short-lived gaseous sulfur pollutants from power plants had an immediate, local benefit, but controlling longer-lasting harmful particulate matter will require regional action.

Estimated pattern of multidecadal internal variability in (top) Pacific and (bottom) Atlantic sea surface temperatures.

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Was the Recent Slowdown in Surface Warming Predictable?

by Terri Cook 11 May 20163 February 2023

The temporary deceleration in warming across the Northern Hemisphere earlier this century could not have been foreseen by statistical forecasting methods, a new study concludes.

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Reconstructing the Ocean's Murky Past

by Sarah Stanley 11 May 20164 May 2022

Scientists test whether sparse, indirect data can reveal ancient ocean chemistry and circulation patterns.

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How Much Dissolved Mercury Is Present in Streams?

by Terri Cook 10 May 201616 February 2022

The results of a new study suggest that an improved understanding of the processes mobilizing mercury in soils will be necessary to predict water quality impacts.

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Understanding the Distribution of Juvenile Jumbo Squid

by Terri Cook 9 May 201622 October 2021

An expanding zone of shallow, oxygen-depleted water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean may be vertically restricting the habitat of this important source of food, according to a recent study.