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Multiple wildfires burning in Siberia, seen from space
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Arctic Warming Is Driving Siberian Wildfires

by Nathaniel Scharping 19 September 202419 September 2024

Increased temperatures and drought are leading to more wildfires. And wildfire smoke aerosols can suppress precipitation, drying out soils and further increasing fire risk.

Green swirls indicate microbial growth in an otherwise blue ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Shallow Waters Make the Best Carbon Sinks

by Saima May Sidik 10 September 202410 September 2024

Oxygen content and microbial prevalence may not be as influential on carbon sedimentation as previously thought.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Understanding Carbon-Water Tradeoffs in Pacific Northwest Forests

by Susan Trumbore 5 September 20244 September 2024

A new study documents how spruce forests differing in management and age structure influence individual tree growth, carbon stocks, and landscape-water balance in the Pacific Northwest.

Map of current and planned near-future space measurements of air quality.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Fixing Pollution from Space Needs Global Coordination

by David S. Schimel 4 September 20244 September 2024

Remote sensing is a tool of choice for monitoring regions for air pollution, but the scale of the problem requires extending geostationary soundings globally.

A photo of the Southern Ocean on a cloudy day, as seen from a plane. One of the plane’s white wings is visible on the right side of the photo.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Spray Is Relatively Lifeless

by Nathaniel Scharping 26 August 202426 August 2024

Organic contributions from ocean organisms are sparse in sea spray, helping to clarify predictions of its impact on the climate.

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Using Satellite Data to Estimate Atmospheric CO2 Growth Rates

by Donald Wuebbles 19 August 202419 August 2024

A new method improves growth rate estimates of carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere by combining the standard NOAA approach with satellite data.

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Amazonian Drought May Have Long-Lasting Effects on Carbon Cycle

by Rebecca Owen 19 August 202419 August 2024

Dry conditions stemming from the 2015–2016 El Niño caused significant carbon loss.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Crustal Melts at the Core-Mantle Boundary

by Thorsten Becker 13 August 202412 August 2024

Seismic waves get sent in all directions for deep mantle anomalies, and a new analysis shows where those scatters lie and what properties they have.

Vertical velocity map.
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New Method Reveals Hidden Structures in Clear-Sky Vertical Motion

by Sarah Kang 7 August 20245 August 2024

High-resolution satellite data reveal unexpected, highly heterogeneous vertical motions in the clear-sky atmosphere, with a new method proposed for measuring these motions.

An aerial image of Palos Verdes, Calif. The land is green, with roads curving across it, and the exposed cliffside along the ocean is brown. The ocean is deep blue, and the sky is hazy.
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Imaging Below the Surface Reveals One of Los Angeles’s Webs of Faults

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 July 202429 July 2024

Damage zones extend to either side of many faults and can affect how future earthquakes behave.

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