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A researcher checks a GPS ground motion sensor amid the rocky, barren landscape of the Altiplano-Puna Plateau in the southern Bolivian Andes

Science Update 19 January 2021

Using Earthquake Forensics to Study Subduction from Space

Researchers combined satellite geodetic measurements of surface motion with a new geophysical data inversion method to probe the Chilean subduction zone in the wake of the 2010 Maule earthquake.
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Scientists excavate the remains of a Taíno house at Los Buchillones, Cuba.

News 15 January 2021

Taíno Stilt Houses May Have Been an Adaptation to Climate Change

A coastal village in the Caribbean flourished during a period of increased hurricanes. Research suggests the Taíno designed their dwellings to persist through the greater storm surges.
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News 5 January 2021

Empeora la Crisis Hídrica en el Caribe Oriental

Científicos, políticos y pobladores temen que la actual escasez de agua y los largos períodos de sequía puedan empeorar a medida que cambie el clima y que el Acuerdo de París se haya quedado corto.
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News 23 December 2020

To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution

New research uses Hurricane Harvey as a case study to demonstrate the devastating power of aerosols to supercharge tropical storms.
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Huge plumes of smoke billow behind rural homes in Brian Head, Utah, in 2017.

News 18 December 2020

Wildfires May Exacerbate Asthma in the Western United States

A new study predicts that by the 2050s, wildfire smoke will cause the region to spend $850 million more every year to treat asthma.
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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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News 17 December 2020

Students Monitor Campus Noise in Seismic Silence

Researchers are engaging their students with low-cost seismology research to monitor local noise on campus.
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Geohealth
A metal gate across a rural road during a dust storm in a dry landscape

News 15 December 2020

Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities

In rural and remote communities in Australia, psychological distress worsened during the first few years of a prolonged drought. Other signs of poor mental health persisted beyond that time.
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Natural Hazards
Wall of dust wells up behind suburban desert homes

News 14 December 2020

Saving Lives by Predicting Dust Storms

In the southwestern United States, dust storms form suddenly, quickly reducing visibility to zero. A new warning system may allow motorists to avoid these deadly hazards.
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News 10 December 2020

Homes and Other Buildings Abound in Natural Hazard Hot Spots

Researchers mined maps of natural hazards and land use to show that nearly 60% of structures are built in regions at high risk of earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and/or tornadoes.
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