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Using Archives of Past Floods to Estimate Future Flood Hazards

by T. Swierczynski, M. Ionita and D. Pino 13 January 201723 January 2023

Cross Community Workshop on Past Flood Variability; Grenoble, France, 27–30 June 2016

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Understanding How Climate Engineering Can Offset Climate Change

by B. Kravitz, Alan Robock and J. E. Kristjánsson 12 January 20171 March 2023

Sixth Meeting of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project; Oslo, Norway, 21–22 June 2016

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Seeking Signs of Life and More: NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission

by K. A. Farley and K. H. Williford 11 January 201725 August 2022

The next Mars rover will be able to land near rugged terrain, giving scientists access to diverse landscapes. It will also cache core samples, a first step in the quest to return samples to Earth.

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Measuring Earth’s Gravity Field from the Air

by Y. M. Wang and T. Damiani 10 January 201719 September 2022

2016 Airborne Gravimetry for Geodesy Summer School; Silver Spring, Maryland, 23–27 May 2016

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Identifying a Fire Ecology Research Agenda for Colombia

by S. Rodríguez-Buriticá, M. Aguilar-Garavito and N. Norden 10 January 201710 February 2017

Fire Ecology Colloquium; Bogotá, Colombia, 23–24 June 2016

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Achieving a Near-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy System

by S. J. Davis, N. S. Lewis and K. Caldeira 9 January 201710 February 2017

Getting Near Zero: Decarbonizing the Last 20%; Aspen, Colorado, 31 July to 5 August 2016

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Developments in the Study of Rock Physics

by L. Adam and Douglas R. Schmitt 9 January 20171 October 2021

AGU/SEG Joint Workshop on Upper Crust Physics of Rocks; Hilo, Hawaii, 11–14 July 2016

Multispectral composite image allows weather forecasters to identify aviation hazards
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Transforming Satellite Data into Weather Forecasts

by E. Berndt, A. Molthan, W. W. Vaughan and K. Fuell 5 January 201727 July 2022

A NASA project spans the gap between research and operations, introducing new composites of satellite imagery to weather forecasters to prepare for the next generation of satellites.

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The Pace of Change on Tropical Landscapes

by B. P. Wilcox, S. Bruijnzeel and H. Asbjornsen 30 December 20162 November 2021

Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology; Cuenca, Ecuador, 5–9 June 2016

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Using Landsat to Take the Long View on Greenland's Glaciers

by M. Scheinert, R. Rosenau and B. Ebermann 29 December 201627 July 2022

A new web-based data portal gives scientists access to more than 40 years of satellite imagery, providing seasonal to long-term insights into outflows from Greenland's ice sheet.

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