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Field photos of burned forest and graphs showing reflectance properties.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Summer Fire Means Winter Melt

by Valeriy Ivanov 2 February 20232 February 2023

Changing wildfire activity in California may impact seasonal hydrology by causing intense snowmelt during winter in areas where fires extend into higher elevation zones.

Black freighter at sea with gray, cloudy skies in the background
Posted inNews

Seaports Could Lose $67 Billion Yearly from Natural Disasters

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 2 February 20232 February 2023

Small islands and low-income nations face the largest relative monetary losses to their ports and maritime trade.

Underwater photo of metal equipment sitting on the seafloor with three divers around it.
Posted inNews

Scientists Improve Hurricane Resilience in the Colombian Caribbean

by Santiago Flórez 27 January 202331 January 2023

Scientists are using acoustic sensors to collect data and improve hurricane preparedness and coastal resilience in the archipelago of San Andrés.

World map using color to show the occurrence of extratropical cyclones
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Tracking Ocean Waves from Extratropical Cyclones on Global Scale

by Ryan P. Mulligan 20 January 202318 January 2023

A new way of tracking ocean waves with satellite measurements was developed and applied to extratropical cyclones, revealing the effects of storm characteristics on extreme sea states.

A vineyard growing on a mountain slope with several other mountains visible in the background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Decipher the Seismic Dance of the Southern Alps

by Morgan Rehnberg 20 January 202320 January 2023

Most of the Alps are considered tectonically dead, but according to new research, the southeastern region—home to prosecco wine—is very much alive.

Two maps using colors to show flood depths.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

An Innovative Approach to Model Complex Hurricane Flood Hazards

by Andra Garner 12 January 202311 January 2023

A new study shows that it is possible to produce regional assessments of how hurricane flood hazards change due to both evolving storm tides and precipitation rates in a warming climate.

A map of land surface temperatures across the Pacific Northwest. Temperature is shown as a color gradient from blue to red.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Far-Flung Forces Caused the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

by Saima May Sidik 23 December 202223 December 2022

Air from thousands of kilometers away spiraled down to drape the Pacific Northwest in blistering heat.

Refugia dot a hillside in the western Cascades after the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, one of the largest blazes in Oregon’s history.
Posted inFeatures

Last Tree Standing

by Robin Donovan 22 December 202222 December 2022

Refugia repopulate forests after fires, but climate change is making these woodlands increasingly unpredictable.

Close-up of the palm leaves of Babad Lombok held together by a string threaded through a hole in each page. Each side of the palm leaves shows inscriptions in Old Javanese.
Posted inNews

Stories Scribed on Palm Leaves Help Scientists Understand Ancient Eruption

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 19 December 202219 December 2022

Deposits from the 1257 Samalas eruption may contain artifacts of an ancient kingdom, according to scientists who link volcanology studies with histories written onto palm leaves.

Satellite image of Earth showing the atmospheric plume blanketing the Pacific after the underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai
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Social Media Posts Reveal Human Responses to Deadly Tongan Eruption

by Erin Martin-Jones 14 December 202214 December 2022

Quantifying human responses to natural disasters could improve preparation for future threats, scientists say.

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