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Photograph of bulk deposition collectors capturing atmospheric dust at Four Pines, Colorado
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Dust in the Wind: Human Impacts to the Colorado Front Range

by Amy E. East 1 July 202010 March 2023

A recent increase in airborne dust has been attributed to both climate and land use, with human activity playing a substantial role, especially in summertime at low elevations.

Charts showing relationship between catchment-averaged erosion rate and landscape steepness index
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Meteoric 10Be Reveals Lithological Control on Erosion Rates

by Mikaël Attal 1 June 202026 January 2023

New meteoric 10Be data quantify fast erosion of slates in the Zhuoshui River catchment in Taiwan and demonstrate the influence of lithology on landscape steepness.

Layers of sediment are exposed on a hillslope in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracing the Past Through Layers of Sediment

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 1 May 202022 August 2023

Signals in layers of sedimentary rock hint at climates and ecosystems come and gone. Understanding this history can help us forecast the future, but challenges abound.

Aerial view of a flat floodplain delta, agricultural land, and a town beyond
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Finding Natural Solutions to Man-Made Problems in River Deltas

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 3 April 202019 September 2023

Decades of research on river deltas identify gaps in our knowledge of delta behavior and the tools required to fill them in.

Satellite view of the Lena River delta in June 2019
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River Deltas at the Top of the World

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 20 March 202019 September 2023

The water that filters through river deltas has a large effect on the Arctic Ocean. A new study explores factors that shape Arctic river deltas and how delta form in turn changes water flow.

Digitally generated impression of the channel network of the Waimakariri River in New Zealand
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Representing Estuaries and Braided Rivers as Channel Networks

by C. Ancey 21 February 20206 June 2022

The human eye is quite good at identifying channel networks among the rich patterns exhibited by estuaries and braided rivers, but computers have a harder time doing so. Could they do better?

A seaside cliff near the town of Whitby in the United Kingdom
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Timing Matters for Rockfall Estimates

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 9 December 201912 November 2021

Researchers studying an eroding coastal cliff detected 10 times more rockfall events when monitoring surveys were conducted hourly versus monthly.

Map of Kuparuk river floodplain showing elevation
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Permafrost Thaws Rapidly as Arctic River Flooding Increases

by Amy E. East 21 October 201920 October 2021

As climate warms, Arctic rivers carry higher flows and flood earlier in the spring, causing underlying permafrost to thaw rapidly.

Study of three glaciers in Greenland
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Small Seismic Signals Tell a Story of Iceberg Calving

by Olga Sergienko 8 August 20198 December 2022

Seismic signals detected hundreds of kilometers away from Greenland glaciers reveal the calving style and iceberg size.

A photograph of a collapse scar bog near Fairbanks, Alaska
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The Permafrost Listeners

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 7 August 201928 July 2022

Geophysicists have discovered a way to monitor permafrost thaw by measuring seismic waves so gentle they don’t shake a thing.

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