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A red tide washes over a Florida beach.
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Harmful Algal Blooms: No Good, Just the Bad and the Ugly

by James E. Silliman 9 September 202214 September 2022

Natural and human factors are leading to larger, more frequent, and longer-lasting algae blooms. Recent research is increasingly revealing the scope of the problem and informing potential responses.

Senior citizens in a rural setting take part in a mapping workshop in Uganda’s Kigezi Highlands.
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Community Science Project Helps Track Geohazard Risks in Uganda

by James Dacey 22 July 202227 March 2023

A community project in the Kigezi Highlands is helping to identify landslide and flooding hot spots and how the hazards are evolving.

Esquema algoritmo de aprendizaje para estimar las magnitudes de terremotos sobre la base de señales de elastogravidad rápida.
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Monitoreando terremotos a la velocidad de la luz

by Mohammed El-Said 30 June 202230 June 2022

Nueva investigación utiliza la gravedad y un modelo de aprendizaje automático para estimar instantáneamente la magnitud y ubicación de grandes terremotos.

Seawater washes over a cracked roadway along a shoreline
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Sea Level Science and Applications Support Coastal Resilience

by Nadya Vinogradova and Benjamin Hamlington 29 June 20221 June 2023

Known for precise, planetary-scale measurements, NASA is improving its decades-long effort to observe and understand sea levels to help communities prepare for the effects of Earth’s rising ocean.

A strong wind blows on the coastal city of Maputo, Mozambique.
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Severe Storms Expose Ill-Equipped Weather Stations in Southeast Africa

by Munyaradzi Makoni 16 June 202220 September 2022

The lack of infrastructure is preventing scientists from robustly reporting meteorological information as well as communicating warnings about hazard-prone areas.

Monsoonal rainfall in Manipal, Western Ghats.
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A Community-Led Landslide Prediction System in India

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 7 June 20227 June 2022

In a first-of-its-kind disaster prevention initiative, a meteorology-based landslide prediction system was developed as a crowdsourced science effort.

Illustration of the AI algorithm estimating large earthquakes’ magnitudes on the basis of prompt elastogravity signals (PEGS) traveling at the speed of light, much faster than seismic (P and S) waves.
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Monitoring Earthquakes at the Speed of Light

by Mohammed El-Said 2 June 20222 June 2022

New research uses gravity and a machine learning model to instantaneously estimate the magnitude and location of large earthquakes.

The Secret Spire rock formation, or hoodoo, in Moab, Utah.
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Rock Music in Utah

by Robin Donovan 3 May 20229 May 2023

Three-dimensional models could help forecast rock tower frequencies—and seismic impacts—around the globe.

Incendios arden sobre las montañas cerca del lago Elsinore, California, el 9 de agosto de 2018.
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Los incendios forestales empeorarán, advierte informe de la ONU

by Meghie Rodrigues 26 April 20227 September 2022

Desde el ecuador hasta el Ártico, es probable que aumenten los incendios forestales y que el cambio climático los empeore, según un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas. La acción todavía es posible, dicen los autores.

New Zealand’s Whakaari/White Island
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Studying Volcanoes through Myths, Legends, & Other Unconventional Data

by Nancy Averett 22 April 20221 June 2022

Studying historic eruptions through a storytelling lens often improves our understanding of and ability to prepare for such events.

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