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A large river network lies beneath Jakobshavn Glacier.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A River Network Preserved Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

by Terri Cook 28 June 201613 January 2022

An ancient drainage basin covering one fifth of Greenland predates the ice sheet and strongly influences the modern Jakobshavn Glacier, according to a new analysis of ice-penetrating radar data.

800-meter-tall dust devil above northern Mars.
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A (Dust) Devil of a Time—on Mars

by Sarah Stanley 23 June 201621 March 2022

New computer simulations of Martian dust devils could aid Red Planet weather forecasts.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Defining the Onset and End of the Indian Summer Monsoon

by Sarah Stanley 15 June 201616 March 2023

A new, objective definition of the onset of the summer monsoon could improve predictions of rainfall in India.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Regional Wind Patterns Will Influence Climate Change

by W. Yan 6 June 201612 January 2022

Climate change is expected to cause wet regions to get wetter and dry regions to get drier, but new research suggests that the truth is more complicated.

Jicamarca-Radio-Observatory-array-Peru
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Mysterious "Necklace Echoes" in the Sky Explained

by Mark Zastrow 3 June 201622 March 2023

Scientists studying a 50–year–old mystery in the Earth's ionosphere have come up with their best explanation of it yet.

Topography and bathymetry around Greenland overlain with ancient slab material projected from 1400 kilometers depth.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Evidence of an Extinct Ocean Basin Detected Beneath Greenland

by Terri Cook 25 May 201611 January 2022

An analysis of a seismic and gravity anomaly discovered in the middle mantle sheds new light on ancient oceans, the mantle's evolution, and ancient magmatism in the Arctic.

Engineers decommissioning an ocean bottom seismometer and differential pressure gauge
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Streamlining Rapid Tsunami Forecasting

by Sarah Stanley 23 May 20168 December 2022

With enough sensors, traditional forecasting methods could be replaced by models continuously updated with real-time wave data.

Estimated pattern of multidecadal internal variability in (top) Pacific and (bottom) Atlantic sea surface temperatures.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Was the Recent Slowdown in Surface Warming Predictable?

by Terri Cook 11 May 20163 February 2023

The temporary deceleration in warming across the Northern Hemisphere earlier this century could not have been foreseen by statistical forecasting methods, a new study concludes.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Electrons Thrown Off Course in Near-Earth Magnetic Reconnection

by A. K. Higginson 26 April 20164 May 2022

NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission detects energy differences in electrons scattered by magnetic reconnection.

Image of Hurricane Irene captured from aboard the International Space Station.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Causes Long-Term North Atlantic Surface Temperature Cycles?

by Sarah Stanley 25 April 201625 January 2023

New evidence strengthens a likely link between 20- to 40-year sea surface temperature fluctuations and varying ocean circulation patterns.

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