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Dire and Drier Future for Lake Victoria

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 November 201931 October 2022

In the past, Lake Victoria dried out swiftly and often when rainfall was limited. Climate change might bring about those conditions again within a century.

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Yet Again, Warmer Winter Looms for U.S.

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 October 201914 February 2022

NOAA’s winter forecasts are less confident than usual except in Alaska and Hawaii. Expect to see a lot of weather variability in the coming months.

A global map of ocean temperature during the 2016 El Niño event
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Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict El Niño

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 25 September 20195 July 2022

Deep learning techniques give scientists the longest–lead time forecasts yet.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) on 27 February 2000
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Forecasting Solar Storms in Real Time

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 30 August 201931 May 2022

Predicting when solar storms will hit Earth remains a tricky business. To help, scientists can now submit their forecasts of coronal mass ejections online as they unfold in real time.

Map showing differences in sea surface salinity between two experiments
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Salinity from Space Improves El Niño Forecasts

by Kristopher B. Karnauskas 17 July 201916 December 2021

Assimilating satellite observations of ocean surface salinity significantly improves coupled model forecasts of El Niño.

A map of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 depicts low-oxygen areas in red, orange, and yellow off the coast of Louisiana.
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Gulf Dead Zone Looms Large in 2019

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 11 July 201927 January 2023

A new forecast predicts widespread hypoxia after a wet Midwest spring.

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Contrails’ Climate Impact Could Triple by 2050

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 June 201913 March 2023

Contrail cirrus clouds have warmed the atmosphere more than all the carbon dioxide from planes since the dawn of aviation and will do so even more in the future.

A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling scrambles toward waves on a beach.
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Predicting Wave Wash Overs for Sea Turtle Nests

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 14 May 20192 September 2022

To better protect coastal species, researchers developed a model that predicts harmful wash overs with 83% accuracy.

Flooding in Colfax, Iowa, in August 2010.
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Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 1 May 201927 October 2022

The first spatially realistic catalog of synthetic flood event risk across the entire United States uncovers high-risk areas and estimates the probability of another Katrina–level flood loss.

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New Observations of Thunderstorm Updrafts and Downdrafts

by Minghua Zhang 30 April 20199 March 2023

Unique measurements of air motion within deep convective clouds offer new insights in our understanding of these storms and provide constraints for weather and climate prediction.

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