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Defining the Onset and End of the Indian Summer Monsoon

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer 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.

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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.

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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.
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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
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Streamlining Rapid Tsunami Forecasting

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer 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.
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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.

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Electrons Thrown Off Course in Near-Earth Magnetic Reconnection

by A. K. Higginson 26 April 201618 July 2023

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.
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What Causes Long-Term North Atlantic Surface Temperature Cycles?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer 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.

A volcanic ash plume dwarfs the city of Puerto Montt in southern Chile just after the start of the eruption of Calbuco volcano on 22 April 2015.
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Volcanic Lightning Could Aid Hazard Response During Eruptions

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 15 April 201627 February 2024

Lightning and ash plume dynamics reflected eruption behavior and signaled the onset of fast-moving rock and gas flows during the 2015 eruption of Chile's Calbuco volcano.

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Improving the Identification of Extreme Precipitation Trends in the U.S.

by Terri Cook 14 April 201628 February 2023

By greatly reducing the associated uncertainty, a new model is better able to discern statistically significant trends, offering the potential to improve the seasonal forecasting of rare events.

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