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Photo of the Sun shining through a partly cloudy sky
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ice Age Testing Reveals Challenges in Climate Model Sensitivity

by Morgan Rehnberg 2 March 202126 October 2021

Increased reflection of incoming sunlight by clouds led one current-generation climate model to predict unrealistically cold temperatures during the last ice age.

The behinds of two giraffes as they walk toward a couple of elephants on a dirt road in Kruger National Par
Posted inNews

Protected Areas Are Not Safe from Climate Change

by Richard J. Sima 12 November 202026 October 2021

A new study showing the most vulnerable protected areas—the poles and the subtropics—could help prioritize their care.

Experimental crown fire in the boreal forest, Northwest Territories, Canada
Posted inEditors' Vox

New Special Collection: Fire in the Earth System

by Amy E. East and C. Santin 27 April 2020

Papers are invited for a new cross-journal special collection presenting advances in understanding the physical and biogeochemical processes associated with landscape fires and their impacts.

A wintry scene of a New England forest with snow on the ground
Posted inNews

New England Winters Are “Losing the Cold”

by C. Katz 13 November 201913 November 2019

As extreme cold days wane, the northeastern United States has experienced an increase in mud days.

Water overflows the river channel in Sinks Canyon State Park, Wyoming
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Unpredictability of Floods, Erosion, and Channel Migration

by Aaron Sidder 29 January 2019

A new algorithm incorporates randomness into stream channel formation and suggests the approach represents regions with variable flood magnitudes better than standard models.

Russet-crowed warbler at Pantaicolla Ridge in Peru
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Peruvian Mountain Birds Take an “Escalator to Extinction”

by Jenessa Duncombe 30 October 2018

As the climate warms, tropical birds living in the mountains are retreating to higher elevations to avoid the heat. What happens when they run out of mountain slope to escape to?

An overview of interactions and feedbacks between ice sheets and the Earth system
Posted inEditors' Vox

Icy Interactions

by J. Fyke, Olga Sergienko, M. Löfverström, S. Price and J. Lenaerts 13 July 2018

Complex interactions between ice sheets and other components of the Earth system determine how ice sheets contribute to sea level rise.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Long Reach of El Niño’s Broom

by J. A. Thornton 4 April 2018

Both the El Niño Southern Oscillation and natural variations in tropical Pacific weather conditions impact surface air quality in the Eastern United States.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Ocean Wind Satellites Observe an Amazonian Drought

by Ankur R. Desai 9 February 2018

Satellites designed to observe ocean winds can also be used to map both forest structure and water content, allowing researchers to disentangle factors of carbon loss due to drought in the Amazon.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Is Global Warming Suppressing Canonical El Niño?

by Kristopher B. Karnauskas 16 November 2017

A study explores the relationship between diverse El Niño events and the background state of the tropical Pacific.

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