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Global map showing upper-level atmospheric winds
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Better Resolution Might Unlock the Mystery of Storms

by Bjorn Stevens 13 March 202324 March 2023

Climate models have many persistent and systematic biases, but a new study shows that allowing for a physical rather than statistical representation of energy transport reduces one of them.

Photo of Mars from space. Red sphere with black patches near center and white areas on two sides.
Posted inNews

Wind Could Power Future Settlements on Mars

by Alakananda Dasgupta 9 February 20239 February 2023

Using a sophisticated global climate model adapted to Mars, space scientists explore the hidden potential of wind energy on the Red Planet.

View of Seattle through a layer of wildfire smoke
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Potentially Good News for Solar Energy During Wildfires

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 18 January 202318 January 2023

A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels.

Two maps showing surface temperature with different colors. The first map is for the period of 1871-1980 and the second is for the period of 1981-2010.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Dilemma About Radiative Climate Feedback in Recent Decades

by Minghua Zhang 30 September 202228 September 2022

Given the unambiguous climate warming in recent decades, is it possible to infer radiative climate feedback from modern satellite measurements of the energy budget of the Earth?

Six photomicrographs
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Abiotic Life and Energy on Water-Rich Rocky Celestial Bodies

by Susanne Straub 22 September 202222 September 2022

The discovery of tiny crystals of the iron-rich hydroxychloride kuliginite in New Caledonia provides new insights into the hydrogen production from mantle rocks and saline water.

Figure 6 from the paper, showing equations and three maps.
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Consistently Closing the Energy Budget in Earth System Models

by John Thuburn 19 September 202223 January 2023

Researchers review the challenges and prospects of Earth System Models that incorporate a consistent closed energy budget.

Map showing the global distribution of surface-mixed layer depth.
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An Ocean Surface Layer with Potential

by Lars Umlauf 11 July 202217 August 2022

The depth of the ocean’s surface mixed layer is typically defined based on density thresholds. However, a more physically appealing definition can be constructed from potential energy considerations.

A blue reservoir lake surrounded by yellow hills with spotty dark green tree coverage flows into a hydroelectric dam.
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Adaptation Can Compound Climate Change Impacts on Energy and Water

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 15 February 20212 September 2022

Researchers have created a framework to trace the impacts of climate change and adaptation across energy and water systems in California.

A wind turbine towers over an irrigated farm field with mountains in the distance
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Solving Shared Problems at the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus

by J. Zhuang, F. Löffler, G. Sayler, G. Yu and G. Jiang 25 January 202113 March 2023

A 15-year-old partnership among Chinese and U.S. scientists studying challenges in our food, energy, and water systems has revealed that solutions are best achieved through international collaboration.

A power planet in the U.S. Appalachian basin in August 2016
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Affordable Clean Energy Rule Threatens Progress of Clean Air Act

by S. Benish and M. Fiffer 18 November 202021 December 2022

The scientific community must act to minimize the adverse air quality and health impacts of relaxed EPA regulation.

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