In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two air quality disasters that served as catalysts for clean air regulations in the mid-20th century.
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Spy Satellite Reveals Accelerated Pace of Himalayan Glacier Melt
Images taken covertly in the 1970s have taken on a new purpose in a recent glaciology study.
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Ceramics Trace a 14th Century Indonesian Tsunami
Archaeological evidence suggests that communities on the northern coast of Sumatra devastated by a tsunami roughly 600 years ago opted to rebuild in the same area, a process repeated in 2004.
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Eruption in El Salvador Was One of the Holocene’s Largest
Roughly 1,500 years ago, the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption blanketed Central America in ash and likely displaced Maya settlements, new research shows.
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Green and Grand: John Wesley Powell and the West That Wasn’t
One hundred fifty years ago, the explorer and scientist argued that the West needed smart development. Now the fast-growing region is playing catch-up.
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Historic Solutions to Sea Level Rise May Help Modern Communities
Earthen mounds helped ancient Dutch settlers thrive in coastal flood zones. Could historical engineering help us fight against rising seas?
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New Book Examines the Legacy of Apollo
As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing nears, a new book looks back on the race to the Moon.
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Podcast: A Tale of Two Journeys
In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two parties journeying to the South Pole in 1911 and the extraordinary impact that weather had on their travels.
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Did a Volcanic Eruption in 1783 Change the Climate in Europe?
A new model of the Laki eruption in Iceland suggests that normal climate variability was to blame for the anomalously warm summer.
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Tree Rings Record 19th-Century Anthropogenic Climate Change
Paleoclimate records, observational data, and climate modeling capture the influence of human activity on temperature seasonality.