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Water rushes through part of a dam.
Posted inScience Updates

A Holistic Approach to Hydropower Data

by Debjani Singh 21 August 202331 August 2023

A new online platform offers comprehensive data and tools about U.S. hydropower assets, enabling data-driven decisionmaking at the energy–water nexus.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Meshless Methods Tell Us What Lurks Beneath the Surface

by Mohammad M. Al-Khaldi 10 April 20234 April 2023

Limitations with resolving complex underground targets with sufficiently fine resolution may be alleviated through the adoption of meshless electromagnetic methods.

A blue and yellow electrical passenger train travels past green trees toward the viewer along one of two sets of parallel tracks.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Space Storms Miscue Train Signals

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 March 2023

Geomagnetic storms could significantly disrupt electrified train operations in the United Kingdom once every few decades, according to a new study.

The laser device sits on top of Mount Säntis, shooting a green laser into a cloudy sky.
Posted inNews

How to Bend Lightning with a Laser Beam

by Bill Morris 24 February 202324 February 2023

For the first time, scientists have redirected lightning using a laser beam. And that’s just the start of what’s possible.

View from space showing lights illuminating the U.S. Gulf Coast
Posted inOpinions

Converging Toward Solutions to Grand Challenges

by Ryan McGranaghan, Adam Kellerman and Mark Olson 25 October 20221 June 2023

A hypothetical, space weather–induced power grid catastrophe served as a practice case for building unity and collaborative skills among disparate communities to address a major global hazard.

Photo of S-band radar site with Mt. Aragats in the background.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Radar Diagnosis of the Thundercloud Electron Accelerator

by Minghua Zhang 14 June 202210 March 2023

Altitude-resolved S-band radar observations of graupel are used to decipher thunderstorm ground enhancements in surface electric field and gamma ray flux.

Lightning over water
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Lightning Had Difficulty Forming in Early Earth’s Atmosphere

by Rebecca Dzombak 8 April 202225 April 2022

Lightning could have sparked the beginnings of life, but the primordial atmosphere might have made it more difficult for lightning to initiate.

Two researchers in white lab coats conduct a flash Joule heating experiment.
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Extracting Rare Earth Elements from Waste with a Flash of Heat

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 14 March 202215 March 2022

A method called flash Joule heating could offer a more sustainable way to source essential components of electronics from coal fly ash.

Detailed image shows sculpted layers of ice at Mars’s south pole.
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The Bumpy Search for Liquid Water at the South Pole of Mars

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 8 March 20228 March 2022

Studies since 2018 have provided competing explanations of bright radar reflections from the base of the south polar ice cap.

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Nicoll Receives 2020 Atmospheric and Space Electricity Early Career Award

by AGU 1 July 202114 April 2022

Keri Nicoll received the 2020 Atmospheric and Space Electricity Early Career Award at AGU’s virtual Fall Meeting 2020. The award recognizes “significant contributions to atmospheric and space electricity science from honorees within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D. degree.”

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