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Flooding in coastal regions

Scientific Press Release 22 February 2017

Small Storms Over Time Can Cost More Than Extreme Events

Researchers find rising long-term impact of climate change on American cities.

Researchers examine what amount of a river’s nutrient supply reaches the ocean.

Research Spotlight 22 February 2017

What Proportion of River Nutrients Reaches the Open Sea?

Results of the first geographically based estimates of river nutrient supply indicate that 75% of dissolved nitrogen and 80% of phosphorus reach the open ocean.

Mathematical Geophysics

Aerial view of the Udachnaya pipe deposit diamond mine in Sakha Republic, Russia

Project Update 21 February 2017

Synthesizing Our Understanding of Earth's Deep Carbon

The Deep Carbon Observatory is entering a new phase, in which it will integrate 10 years of discoveries into an overarching model to benefit the scientific community and a wider public.

Researchers examine ties between increased wealth and decreased water pollution in Louisiana.

Research Spotlight 16 February 2017

When Income Goes Up, Does Pollution Go Down?

Scientists look at a possible connection between increased wealth and decreased water pollution in Louisiana.

Plastic fragments mingle with sponges.

News 16 February 2017

Mounting Litter Spotted on Arctic Seafloor

At one location near Greenland, the density of undersea trash leaped by a factor of 23 in a decade.

Researchers tie dissolved organic carbon in the Gulf of Maine to changes in precipitation and runoff in New England.

Research Spotlight 14 February 2017

How Climate Change Affects the Flow of Carbon from Land to Sea

Changes in precipitation and runoff in New England may be driving more dissolved organic carbon into the Gulf of Maine.

Space Science & Space Physics

Editors' Vox 30 January 2017

Global Positioning System Sparks New Data Revolution

Energetic particle data from the Global Positioning System constellation opens avenues for new research.

Phenocam webcam image from Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, N.M.

Meeting Report 23 January 2017

Integrating Multiscale Seasonal Data for Resource Management

Workshop on Phenology at Scales from Individual Plants to Satellite Pixels; Cambridge, Massachusetts, 21–23 June 2016

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Floodwaters in the Elbe River reached an all-time high in August 2002, inundating this street in Dresden.

Meeting Report 13 January 2017

Using Archives of Past Floods to Estimate Future Flood Hazards

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

colombia-tropical-dry-forest-fire

Meeting Report 10 January 2017

Identifying a Fire Ecology Research Agenda for Colombia

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