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Ash cloud over top Mount Sinabung
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Centuries-Old Archive Reveals Far-Flung Impacts of Major Eruptions

by Shannon Banks 3 February 20233 February 2023

Weather records preserved by staff and students at Williams College reveal cool spells in New England after volcanic blasts in Indonesia and South Asia.

Claude Monet’s painting Houses of Parliament, Sunlight in the Fog (1904).
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¿Estaban los maestros impresionistas retratando una realidad contaminada?

by James Dacey 3 February 202322 March 2023

Análisis de imágenes sugiere que el estilo de los artistas evolucionó en sincronía con el incremento de la contaminación en el aire durante la Revolución Industrial.

Maps showing distribution of different drought types.
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Streamflow Drought Intensification in the European Alps

by Valeriy Ivanov 1 February 202331 January 2023

A five-decade analysis of drought generation processes in the Alps shows their changing seasonality in high-elevation basins with increasingly frequent droughts caused by a lack of snowmelt water.

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.
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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.

Claude Monet’s painting Houses of Parliament, Sunlight in the Fog (1904).
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Were Impressionist Masters Painting a Polluted Reality?

by James Dacey 12 December 202222 March 2023

Image analysis suggests that artists’ styles evolved in sync with increasing air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.

Four graphs from the paper showing temperature trends and probability of heat events.
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Characteristics of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave

by Suzana Camargo 30 November 20222 December 2022

Examining the 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave using both historical observations and model simulations.

An oil pump appears in the foreground against a background of buildings.
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The “Black Gold” Flowing Under Los Angeles

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 15 November 202222 March 2023

Functioning oil fields, some with cleverly camouflaged infrastructure, are tucked into the urban sprawl of the Los Angeles basin. But recent legislation could change that.

Una distintiva nube en forma de hongo producto de una prueba nuclear se alza en un cielo azul oscuro y nubes atmosféricas.
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Una explosión de radiocarbono del pasado

by Caroline Hasler 31 October 202222 March 2023

El fechamiento por radiocarbono es un pilar de la climatología y la arqueología. Sin embargo, esta metodología se encuentra amenazada por las emisiones de combustibles fósiles, que invalidan una señal útil proveniente de pruebas nucleares.

Detailed image of stalagmite in India’s Mawmluh cave
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Stalagmites Show Evidence of Prolonged Droughts in India

by Nancy Averett 24 October 202224 October 2022

A new study using oxygen isotopes reconstructs a prolonged record of India’s summer monsoons, showing much greater variability than modern data sets.

Edificios inca marrones con una calle en medio. Al fondo se distinguen los Andes y un cielo azul con pocas nubes.
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Grabado en piedra: edificios incas guardan el registro de terremotos antiguos

by Erin Martin-Jones 13 October 202222 March 2023

Daños a los edificios incas en Cusco revelan una historia de terremotos olvidada que podría ayudar a científicos a entender riesgos sísmicos modernos.

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