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California Heat Waves Triggered by Pacific Thunderstorms

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 29 April 201930 March 2023

New link may offer 5-week lead time on predicting extreme heat in California’s fruit belt.

Victorian-style houses lean dramatically to the right after an earthquake.
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More Than a Million New Earthquakes Spotted in Archival Data

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 April 20195 December 2022

By reanalyzing seismic records, researchers found a plethora of tiny earthquakes in Southern California that trace new fault structures and reveal how earthquakes are triggered.

A man kneels next to a road cracked by the 1928 San Jacinto earthquake.
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Reassessing California’s Overdue Earthquake Tab

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 12 April 20196 October 2021

Paleoseismic records show that the current 100-year hiatus since the last major event on the San Andreas, San Jacinto, and Hayward Faults is unprecedented in recent geologic history.

A Twin Otter turboprop flies over California, taking measurements of smoke from a wildfire.
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Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 10 April 201919 September 2022

Direct observations from flights over coastal California reveal more about aerosol plumes released by burning biomass.

Eaton Canyon Falls in California’s San Gabriel Mountains
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Some Waterfalls May Be Self-Made

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 March 201927 April 2022

Waterfalls sometimes imply a past dramatic event, like tectonic uplift or a landslide. Self-formed waterfalls could challenge that interpretation.

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How Brown Carbon and Coatings on Black Carbon Affect Absorption

by Minghua Zhang 1 March 20193 May 2022

While ambient black carbon absorption is shown largely independent of coatings, distinct types of atmospheric brown carbon coexist, deriving from primary emissions and secondary processing.

Holuhraun lava field in Iceland in September 2014
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Earth’s Devastating Power, Seen by Satellite

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 January 20196 January 2023

Hurricanes, volcanoes, droughts, floods, fires, tsunamis: Satellites capture some of Earth’s most destructive forces.

A view of the Los Angeles Country Club Golf Course
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One Fifth of Los Angeles’s CO2 Rises from Lawns and Golf Courses

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 December 20188 November 2021

Measurements of carbon-14 show that roughly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions in the Los Angeles Basin are likely due to the decay of plants in managed landscapes.

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Free Flight Time for Projects in Atmospheric Sciences

by B. Bedford 31 October 20187 April 2023

Got an urgent or innovative project that involves collecting airborne data? A research flight company is donating an estimated $100,000 of its resources to help you.

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Massive Scale Evaporative Water Losses from Irrigation

by D. Scott Mackay 21 September 20189 May 2022

Evaporation can demonstrate the effects of crop irrigation on decadal trends in evapotranspiration at a regional spatial extent.

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