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Argentina

Maps of debris flow similarity index (DFSI) and the corresponding lengths of those debris flow channel segments.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Debris Flows Keep the Landscape on the Straight and Narrow

by Adam Booth 6 April 20223 May 2022

New methods for identifying debris flow-shaped channels improve hazard quantification and highlight how high uplift rates and fractured bedrock facilitate debris flow-dominated landscape evolution.

Panoramic photo showing glowing ripples left in the sky by an atmospheric gravity wave
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Gravity Waves Leave Ripples Across a Glowing Night Sky

by Jack Lee 18 November 202021 September 2022

A thunderstorm made waves on a rare “bright night.”

Argentina’s Pierre Auger Observatory at night
Posted inScience Updates

Catching Elves in Argentina

by K.-D. Merenda, R. Mussa and L. Wiencke 5 June 202012 April 2022

The world’s largest cosmic ray detector accidentally spotted elves, an unusual lightning phenomenon high in the atmosphere. Now it’s intentionally looking for more.

Sea ice at a bay on Joinville Island in Antarctica.
Posted inNews

U.S. Scientists Safely Retrieved from Ice-Bound Antarctic Island

by Randy Showstack 13 March 201810 April 2023

Argentineans came to the aid of stranded scientists.

Researchers conduct a lake survey in front of Glaciar Perito Moreno.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In Patagonian Lakes, Glacial Meltwater Lies Low

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 May 20173 March 2023

A new study reveals key differences in ice-water interactions between glaciers that flow into lakes and glaciers that end in the sea.

Infrared view of the storm taken by satellite.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

When Thunderstorms Have Wings

by L. Strelich 21 June 201629 March 2022

A new study uncovers the origin of a gull wing–shaped cirrus cloud above an Argentinian thunderstorm captured in satellite images.

Posted inNews

Birds Ignore Volcano Blast, Puzzle Scientists

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 23 September 201511 January 2022

When a nearby volcano unexpectedly erupted in the midst of a behavioral study of Andean condors in Argentina, the researchers scrambled to observe disruption to condors' lives. Oddly, there was none.

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