Lightning strikes are more frequent when Earth encounters a polarity switch in the solar magnetic field.
Geophysical Research Letters
Trace Gas Exchange Offers Key Insight into Atmospheric Processes
Eddy covariance fluxes provide insight into interactions of emissions, chemistry, deposition, and transport in the atmosphere.
Challenges in Assembling and Managing Environmental Data Sets
Pulling together long-term data is increasingly important in assessing environmental changes, whether regionally or globally.
Climate Change Drives Increasing Snowfall in Western Antarctica
Using ice core records from West Antarctica, researchers look back at the past 300 years of snowfall over the Amundsen Sea.
Simulating Tidal Flow and Mixing at Steep Submarine Slopes
A new three-dimensional model of tide-driven flow over the continental slope could enhance understanding of global ocean circulation.
Oklahoma's Dormant Faults Hide Huge Seismic Risk Potential
Researchers look at induced seismicity data in Oklahoma to spot an increase of stress in faults that could cause even more damage than recent quakes.
Can the North Brazil Current Help Us Understand Atlantic Water Flow?
Currents off the coast of northern Brazil can be used to study changes in the larger oceanic circulation pattern in the Atlantic, when variable winds in the regions are properly accounted for.
Cloud Overlap Observations Put Simulations to the Test
Fine-scale simulations of cumulus cloud layers could help improve weather and climate models.
Insights into the Ongoing California Drought
Real-time research informs real-time decision-making for addressing the California drought.
Cooling Galápagos Sea Surface Temperatures Affect Local Penguins
The Galápagos cold pool is expanding northward as a result of climate change, and local penguin populations are rising.