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Kate Scharer examining sediments disrupted by the San Andreas Fault near Desert Hot Springs, California.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Catching Glimpses of Centuries-Old Earthquakes

by S. Witman 5 May 201728 October 2022

Researchers in the western United States survey the earthquakes that have torn up California for the past millennium.

Mother-of-pearl clouds over Lørenskog, near Oslo, Norway, half an hour after sunset.
Posted inNews

Science Offers New Clues About Paintings by Munch and Leonardo

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 27 April 201725 January 2023

An unusual type of cloud might explain the sky in The Scream, and scientific verisimilitude reveals which is the real da Vinci masterpiece, new studies suggest.

William Harris, president and CEO of Space Center Houston, stands in front of the Apollo 11 command module capsule.
Posted inNews

Apollo 11 Command Module Goes on Tour

by Randy Showstack 27 February 201715 November 2022

The exhibit includes Buzz Aldrin's gloves and an injector plate from the rocket's first-stage engine, which was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Floodwaters in the Elbe River reached an all-time high in August 2002, inundating this street in Dresden.
Posted inScience Updates

Using Archives of Past Floods to Estimate Future Flood Hazards

by T. Swierczynski, M. Ionita and D. Pino 13 January 201723 January 2023

Cross Community Workshop on Past Flood Variability; Grenoble, France, 27–30 June 2016

A researcher examines the methods behind a rocket launched in 1966 to measure electric fields in space.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Retracing the First Spaceborne Electric Field Measurement

by Mark Zastrow 4 January 201724 October 2022

Fifty years ago, a sounding rocket made history by taking the first measurement of an electric field in space. What techniques were used to capture this data?

Researchers recreate the the climate history of the ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reconstructing Ocean Climate History

Alexandra Branscombe by A. Branscombe 21 October 201611 January 2023

Scientists recreate ocean climate data to explore historical warming—and cooling—trends in Earth's seas.

Aurora over Mason City, Iowa, spawned by a geomagnetic storm that started 18 September 1941.
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The Geomagnetic Blitz of September 1941

by J. J. Love and P. Coïsson 15 September 201610 November 2022

Seventy-five years ago next week, a massive geomagnetic storm disrupted electrical power, interrupted radio broadcasts, and illuminated the night sky in a World War II battle theater.

Flooding in Vienna after an ice dam failed on the Danube River in March 1830, captured here in a watercolor painting by Eduard Gurk
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Vague Historical Writings Help Scientists Predict Floods

Leah Crane by L. Crane 13 September 20169 March 2023

By including imprecise historical written records in their calculations, researchers were able to decrease uncertainty in estimations of future flood frequency.

Greenland-Ice-Sheet-melting-abandoned-hazardous-waste-Camp-Century
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Melting Ice Could Reveal Toxic Cold War Era Waste in Greenland

by Lauren Lipuma 7 September 201613 March 2023

Unforeseen political disputes could arise as countries assess who's responsible for the cleanup of the Cold War relics.

This photo shows Jishi Gorge upstream from the landslide dam. Gray silt deposits reveal an ancient, massive lake held by the dam.
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Evidence Found for China's Ancient Origin Story

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 4 August 201624 February 2023

New geological findings suggest that an ancient flood in a popular legend about the birth of China's civilization might have actually occurred, but some 150 years later than historians thought.

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