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Dry Creek in South Australia, flooded after a heavy rain

Research Spotlight 6 February 2019

Balancing Robustness and Cost in Hydrological Model Optimization

A new study presents a framework for finding the best optimization algorithm.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Young citizen scientists use a ski pole to collect snow depth data

Project Update 3 December 2018

Crowdsourcing Snow Depth Data with Citizen Scientists

A new project harnesses the power of the winter backcountry recreation community to gather data that are vital to understanding snow, from winter hazards to water resources.
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Biogeosciences
A sudden monsoon downpour sweeps across a desert valley in Arizona.

Feature 27 June 2018

When Environmental Forces Collide

Multiple factors often interact to amplify the effects of severe storms, droughts, and other extreme water-related events.
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History of Geophysics
Researchers look to bacterial DNA to understand river flow.

Research Spotlight 15 May 2018

Using Microbes to Predict the Flow of Arctic Rivers

Bacterial DNA provides a good estimate of river discharge.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Drought is an absence of water but it is actually a complex phenomenon and one of the most poorly understood natural hazards

Editors' Vox 16 February 2018

The Challenges of Drought Prediction

Advances in dynamical modeling and the use of hybrid methods have improved drought prediction, but challenges still remain to improve the accuracy of drought forecasting.
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Biogeosciences
Researchers look at how land use changes affect carbon transport in the Thames River Basin

Research Spotlight 22 September 2017

The River Basin’s Tale: Carbon Transport Along the Thames

A study finds that population growth during urbanization and World War II–era plowing fed additional carbon into the Thames River Basin.
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History of Geophysics

Research Spotlight 19 April 2016

The Role of Water in Earth's Tectonic Plumbing Systems

Tidal forces act on well water around the San Andreas Fault, giving researchers a new window into the hydrogeological structure of fault zones.
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Climate Change

Project Update 31 March 2016

Forecasting India's Water Future

The NORINDIA project sheds light on how climate change could affect monsoons, droughts, and glaciers in northern India.
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History of Geophysics
High waves buffet Michigan’s Grand Haven Lighthouse, located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.

Project Update 17 March 2015

Water Levels Surge on Great Lakes

The recent 2-year surge represents one of the most rapid rates of water level change on the Great Lakes in recorded history and marks the end of an unprecedented period of low water levels.
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