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Geophysical Research Letters

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California's 2012–2014 Drought Unusual for Last Millennium

by P. Kollipara 3 April 201521 October 2021

Soil moisture estimates, inferred from thousands of tree rings spanning the past 12 centuries, highlight the severity of the recent record-breaking drought.

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Aquifers Spew More Pollution into Oceans Than Rivers

by N. Akpan 31 March 201527 September 2022

A new model makes a direct estimate of contaminants in submarine groundwater discharge.

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Large-Scale Electric Currents May Flow Through Mercury's Crust

by J. Orwig 18 March 201516 November 2021

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft discovered electric currents in Mercury's magnetosphere directed toward and away from the planet. Do the currents reach the planet? If so, where do they go?

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Unusual Echo Signal in Atmospheric E Layer

by J. Orwig 11 March 201520 October 2021

Metallic plasma layers in Earth's ionosphere interfere with radio communications and produce odd echo behavior at specific frequencies.

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Seismic Stress Modeling Puts Istanbul in the Crosshairs

by C. Schultz 3 March 201518 April 2022

Twenty years of ground motion observations show that seismic strain is accumulating south of Istanbul.

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Tracking Down a Subduction Zone Earthquake

by JoAnna Wendel 13 February 20158 December 2022

Researchers use computer simulations to find the date and earthquake source of an ancient tsunami that deposited sediment in a Hawaii sinkhole.

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Microbial Activity in Dry Soils

by C. Minnehan 9 February 20157 September 2022

Researchers investigate how microbes respire in dry conditions.

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Wave Energy Affects the Surf Zone Heat Budget

by C. Minnehan 5 February 201525 January 2023

A study of water temperature in nearshore environments shows that wave energy was the second-largest driver of temperature changes in the surf zone.

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Seismic Wave Modeling Goes Local

by E. Betz 5 February 201513 April 2022

A new technique brings accurate models of traveling seismic waves to a regional scale.

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Polar Warming Makes the Jet Stream Stable, Not Wavy or Blocked

by C. Schultz 3 February 201520 December 2022

An idealized climate model suggests polar warming stabilizes the jet stream and reduces atmospheric blocking at midlatitudes.

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