A new sediment tracer uses the interactions between radiation, charge, and the Sun to uncover the hidden transport histories of sand grains.
Climate Change
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UV Radiation Contributed to Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction
To find the first direct evidence of heightened UV radiation during the end-Permian mass extinction, researchers turned to chemical evidence preserved in pollen grains.
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How to Build a Climate-Resilient Water Supply
Scientists developed a new model to help water utility companies minimize weather-based disruptions to clean water access.
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Rare and Revealing: Radiocarbon in Service of Paleoceanography
While radiocarbon is best known as a dating tool, this rare isotope can also provide unique and wide-ranging insights into the cycling of carbon in the Earth system.
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Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought
The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them.
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Streamflow Drought Intensification in the European Alps
A five-decade analysis of drought generation processes in the Alps shows their changing seasonality in high-elevation basins with increasingly frequent droughts caused by a lack of snowmelt water.
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The Role of Insurance in Climate Adaption
New research tests the promise of insurance to harden the U.S. economy to tropical storms.
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Scientists Improve Hurricane Resilience in the Colombian Caribbean
Scientists are using acoustic sensors to collect data and improve hurricane preparedness and coastal resilience in the archipelago of San Andrés.
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Quantifying the Potential of Forestation for Carbon Storage
Forestation projects in southern China over the past few decades have sequestered large amounts of carbon in tree biomass, but the region is approaching saturation of forest carbon storage capacity.