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Scientific Discipline Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A pink laser sublimates an ice core in a scientific instrument chamber.

News 22 January 2021

The Catcher in the Ice

There are three ways to extract gases from an ice core. The cleanest one, sublimation, is getting easier.
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Biogeosciences
A tree with exposed roots grows atop weathered bedrock in a forest

Research Spotlight 22 January 2021

Researchers Unearth Bedrock Carbon and Water Dynamics

Deep tree roots bring respiring microbes into broken bedrock, generating carbon that’s released into the environment. New research explores this oft-overlooked carbon source.
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Geology & Geophysics
Drone photograph of research vessel offshore Malta collecting geophysical data to map offshore freshened groundwater systems

Editors' Vox 11 January 2021

Freshened Groundwater in the Sub-seafloor

Scientists are using a variety of geochemical, geophysical, and numerical methods to study offshore freshened groundwater and better understand its role in the global water cycle.
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Climate Change
Watery mud accumulates between rows of crops.

News 11 January 2021

European Colonists Dramatically Increased North American Erosion Rates

Around 200 years ago, when conversion of land for agriculture became more widespread, the amount of sediment accumulating in riverbeds across the continent jumped tenfold.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
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Research Spotlight 6 January 2021

Warmer Climates Speed Breakdown of Rocks

Researchers listened to boulders for thousands of hours to investigate how they weathered.
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Planetary Sciences
Plot showing evolution of crustal thickness over time for mantle convection models of Venus with different yield strength

Editors' Highlights 5 January 2021

What Happened When the Lithosphere of Venus Broke?

Although Venus does not have plate tectonics today, previous episodes of intense tectonic activity could have resulted in a distribution of crustal thickness and age resembling the plate we see today.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
System diagrams showing four-step process for leak detection

Editors' Highlights 18 December 2020

A Smart Solution to Find Leaks in Water Distribution Networks

By systematically turning valves off and on in water distribution networks, researchers can locate pipe leaks, which could help to save huge quantities of drinking water.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Stream surrounded by grassland.

News 17 December 2020

Waterways Change as Cities Grow Nearby

Using multidecadal data sets, researchers have traced how urbanization affects streamflow across the continental United States.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
An image of tea-colored water droplets hanging from a tree branch

News 16 December 2020

Dirty Trees Shape Earth’s Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles

Researchers peer into precipitation partitioning—the process by which plants and the organic matter coating them help shape the hydrologic cycle.
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Climate Change
Photograph of a river in the Wind River Range, Wyoming

Editors' Vox 16 December 2020

How is Modern Climate Change Affecting Landscape Processes?

Landscapes will respond to hydroclimatic changes associated with modern global warming, such as increasing extreme storms and wildfire, but to what extent is physical landscape change already evident?
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