A new opportunistic sensing strategy could use existing closed-circuit television networks to accurately capture rainfall intensity, despite low-cost equipment and visually complex scenes.Read More »Climate Change
In recent decades, there have been more intense North Atlantic hurricanes. A new study compares climate models to see whether they can attribute increasing potential intensity to human activity.Read More »
Six years of acoustic recordings detect seasonal shifts in blue whale vocalizations that correlate with the presence of icebergs, a primary source of ambient ocean noise in the southern Indian Ocean.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Firn aquifers—pockets of meltwater beneath the surface of an ice sheet—could have far-reaching impacts on subglacial hydrology, a new study finds.Read More »Biogeosciences
Dissolved organic matter supports aquatic food webs and holds as much carbon as the atmosphere. A new study tracks which sources and processes play the biggest role in coastal systems.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Satellite-based radar images of motion along Turkey’s North Anatolian Fault are helping scientists understand when, where, and how creep occurs and its implications for seismic hazard.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A low-cost, two-antenna GPS setup could enable valuable snow measurements in remote locations, improving predictions of runoff and avalanche risk.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A new study finds that the tropical atmosphere maintains radiative-convective equilibrium as a whole, but not at smaller scales.Read More »Biogeosciences
An unprecedented global assessment examines climate, economic, and governance threats to mountain systems and the benefits they provide, suggesting pathways toward sustainability.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Reconstruction of reef island formation in the Maldives suggests the possibility that not all islands will shrink as climate change progresses.Read More »
