Seismic waves resonating within the upper layers of the Ross ice shelf could help scientists monitor the Antarctic melt season and understand factors that could lead to sudden ice shelf collapse.
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Reframing Sensitivity Analysis in Earth System Models
According to a new study, the performance metric–based methods currently used to evaluate dynamical model sensitivity are based upon faulty reasoning and need to be reenvisioned.
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Simplifying How (and When and Where) Snow Turns into Flow
A Montana researcher has developed a map for predicting how climate change may alter the water supply.
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Rising Temperatures Reduce Colorado River Flow
Hotter conditions have played a much greater role in reducing flow during the ongoing Millennium Drought than in a mid-20th century drought.
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Brief, Repetitive Floods in Coastal Cities Cause Economic Losses
A case study in Annapolis is one of the first assessments of the effects of high-tide flooding on local revenue.
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Can We Predict River Flows from Just a Few Observations?
Improving Discharge Data for Water Resources Management—Hydraulic Modelling as a Tool for Rapid Rating Curve Estimation; Stockholm, Sweden, 8 November 2018
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Congressional Hearing Considers Paths Forward on Climate Change
Democrats and Republicans on the House Science Committee sparred about the best ways to deal with climate change but mostly acknowledged the threat.
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Estimating the Likelihood of Future Temperature Extremes
A prototype model allows scientists to investigate how wind eddies and other atmospheric phenomena may affect the prevalence of heat waves and cold snaps in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Glacial Census Reveals Ice Thicknesses Around the World
Researchers modeled over 200,000 glaciers and found that mountainous regions in Asia contain significantly less glacial ice than previously estimated.
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Tyler Prize Awarded to Climate Scientists Washington and Mann
Prestigious award recognizes Warren Washington and Michael Mann for efforts to advance climate change knowledge through their research and in public policy.