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The Yellow River rushes over the Hukou Waterfall in China
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Through Flood and Drought: Reconstructing the Yellow River

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 4 April 201915 October 2021

Tree ring chronologies fill in gaps in the historical record and offer insights into the natural flow of China’s Yellow River.

Flood mitigation methods in Boulder, Colorado along a creek-side path.
Posted inScience Updates

Bridging the Gap with the Science for Climate Action Network

by R. Moss, B. Ayyub, M. Glackin, A. Hill, K. L. Jacobs, J. Melillo, T. C. Richmond, L. Scarlett and D. Zarrilli 4 April 20196 June 2022

A new report identifies missing support that is slowing progress in limiting and adapting to climate change. The Science for Climate Action Network aims to provide it.

Surface deformation imaged around the fault.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Imaging an Earthquake Rupture in High Definition

by G. P. Hayes 4 April 201911 May 2022

New field measurements using terrestrial laser scanning provide a detailed, centimeter-scale image of surface deformation patterns caused by the Magnitude 6.6 earthquake in Norcia, Italy.

A view of the aircraft used to collect radar data over Antarctica
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Subglacial Water Can Accelerate East Antarctic Glacier Flow

by Terri Cook 3 April 201928 July 2022

Airborne radar from the Recovery Glacier system demonstrates the importance of characterizing the underlying causes of ice flow speedup to understand how glacial discharge could change in the future.

Waves crash ashore during a storm
Posted inNews

Weather-Induced Tsunami Waves Regularly Roll Up on U.S. Shores

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 April 201917 May 2022

Roughly 25 meteotsunamis strike coastlines between Maine and Puerto Rico each year, tide gauge data reveal.

Children help salvage and remove debris after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Do Main Shocks Affect Subsequent Earthquakes?

by Terri Cook 29 March 20192 December 2022

The results of a novel analysis of aftershock size distribution have important implications for more realistically assessing the seismic hazard of earthquake sequences.

Satellite image of a meteorite burning over a cloudy sky.
Posted inNews

Fireball over the Bering Sea

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 28 March 20198 March 2022

Powerful meteorite explodes over “a sensitive part of the world.”

A satellite image of Hurricane Maria
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Understanding of Tropical Cyclones

by E. Underwood 26 March 201926 January 2022

A new model of how anvil clouds form could improve short-term hurricane forecasts.

Sunset from the R/V Sikuliaq, July 2018, with broadband ocean-bottom seismometers arranged on deck
Posted inScience Updates

Examining Alaska’s Earthquakes on Land and Sea

by G. A. Abers, A. N. Adams, P. J. Haeussler, Emily Roland, P. J. Shore, D. A. Wiens, S. Y. Schwartz, A. F. Sheehan, D. J. Shillington, S. Webb and Lindsay Lowe Worthington 26 March 20198 November 2021

The Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment is taking a close look at seismic activity along the Alaska Peninsula to understand earthquakes in this little-studied region.

Winding road
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Long and Winding Road: Making Resilience Real

by R. Q. Grafton and B. van der Pluijm 25 March 201923 February 2023

As humans face an inherently riskier world, a special collection in Earth’s Future explores thematic, theoretical, and empirical approaches to resilient decision-making.

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