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Clouds near the Azores
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How Do Marine Gases Affect Cloud Formation?

by JoAnna Wendel 25 February 202225 February 2022

By using novel aircraft measurements over the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, researchers shed light on the relationship between common marine biogenic gases and the microphysical properties of clouds.

The coast of Santa Maria Island in the Azores
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How Does Sand Move? New Observations Challenge Prevailing Formulas

by Andrew Chapman 11 February 202211 February 2022

Research in the Azores finds a discrepancy between field observations of sediment transport and predictions made with commonly used mathematical formulas.

Photo of a scientific raft used to extract sediment cores from Caldeirao Lake on Corvo Island, Azores.
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Sediments Suggest Vikings May Have Been the First to Settle the Azores

by Santiago Flórez 4 January 20224 October 2022

A multidisciplinary team studying lake sediments and climate change found evidence that the archipelago was inhabited 700 years earlier than historical sources claim.

Santa Maria Island cliff
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Scientists Offer New Explanation for Island's Unexpected Uplift

by JoAnna Wendel 17 November 20163 May 2022

Researchers developed a new timeline for the rise, fall, and rise again of a puzzling island in the Azores.

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