Using the prevalence of unstable rock formations in Israel’s Negev Desert, researchers determined that historical earthquakes in the region were weaker than previously thought.
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Simplifying How (and When and Where) Snow Turns into Flow
A Montana researcher has developed a map for predicting how climate change may alter the water supply.
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The Unpredictability of Floods, Erosion, and Channel Migration
A new algorithm incorporates randomness into stream channel formation and suggests the approach represents regions with variable flood magnitudes better than standard models.
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Reflections on the Legacy of Grove Karl Gilbert, 1843–1918
In the company of other explorers as passionate as he was about geomorphology, Gilbert derived one fundamental geological insight after another from the landscapes of the American West.
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Wohl Receives 2018 G. K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes
Ellen Wohl will receive the 2018 G. K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes a scientist who has made “a single significant advance or sustained significant contributions to the field of Earth and planetary surface processes” and “also promoted an environment of unselfish cooperation in research and the inclusion of young scientists into the field.”
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Marshall Receives 2018 Luna B. Leopold Young Scientist Award
Jill Marshall will receive the 2018 Luna B. Leopold Young Scientist Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes a young scientist for “a significant and outstanding contribution that advances the field of Earth and planetary surface processes.”
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Cycles of Mountain Building Formed 2018 Winter Olympics Terrain
The Korean Peninsula’s rich geologic history can be traced on the slopes of the alpine ski course.
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A New Model of Drumlin Formation
Observations from the surge-type glacier Múlajökull in Iceland underpin new modeling results that suggest the glacier’s drumlins grow during quiet intervals of normal flow between glacial surges.
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Mapping the Topographic Fingerprints of Humanity Across Earth
If increasingly globalized societies are to make better land management decisions, the geosciences must globally evaluate how humans are reshaping Earth's surface
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Boulders Limit Transport of Sand and Gravel in Steep Rivers
Mountain rivers and streams actively reshape landscapes by eroding material from uplands and depositing it in lowlands. Scientists can now predict this transport in very steep streams.