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Slope streaks on Mars
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Revisiting Enigmatic Martian Slope Streaks

by A. Bhardwaj, L. Sam, F. J. Martín‐Torres and M-P. Zorzano 15 January 201928 July 2022

Slope streaks of different sizes and shapes are a common feature on the surface of Mars, but scientists disagree about the mechanisms for their formation and development.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

The ILAMB System for Benchmarking Land Surface Models

by P. A. Dirmeyer 29 November 201821 March 2022

An evolving set of tools helps land surface model developers optimize the realism of their parameterizations for the next generation of weather and climate models.

Two men fish in the Mekong River.
Posted inNews

How Old Is the Mekong River Valley?

by Katherine Kornei 22 October 201827 April 2022

Granite samples collected from the Mekong River Valley reveal that the river’s path was incised roughly 17 million years ago, most likely by increased erosion from monsoon precipitation.

Sinkholes forced the closure of Ein Gedi, an Israeli tourist resort on the shore of the Dead Sea, in 2016
Posted inNews

Subsurface Imaging Sheds Light on Dead Sea Sinkholes

by Katherine Kornei 12 October 201811 February 2022

Using seismic waves, researchers study sediment layering near the Dead Sea to reveal how the area’s numerous sinkholes form.

Posted inEditors' Vox

A Landscape Shaped by Wind

by Z. Dong 8 March 201824 February 2022

High-altitude aeolian research on the Tibetan Plateau offers insights into the past, present, and future.

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Tracking Deep-Earth Processes from Rapid Topographic Changes

by T. Schildgen 23 February 201818 April 2022

Rapid elevation-rise in Turkey, tracked by marine sediments that now sit at 1.5 km in elevation, is linked to deep-Earth processes that can explain short-lived, extreme rates of topographic change.

A new mathematical approach helps scientists monitor the shifting features on Earth’s surface
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Baseline to Monitor Earth’s Dynamic Surface

by Sarah Stanley 26 September 20178 April 2022

Researchers devise a new mathematical approach to combine space- and ground-based observations into an alternative reference frame for monitoring the changing positions of Earth’s features.

Satellite image of land surface in South Asia, observed in August 2004, from the Blue Marble data set.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Competing Climate Effects of Elevation and Albedo

by Terri Cook 1 August 20176 July 2022

Variations in surface reflectivity are as important as surface elevation changes in determining regional climate at nonpolar latitudes, according to a new modeling study.

As the wind blows across the drylands of Namibia, sand clusters around isolated plants.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Tool for Understanding Landscape Evolution in Drylands

by J. Lunn 26 April 201711 February 2022

Combining vegetation distribution models and sediment transport models offers a better understanding of how dryland environments change in response to different factors.

Elder Creek in the Eel River watershed of northern California.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Lab Tests Probe the Secrets of Steep and Rocky Mountain Streams

by S. Witman 21 April 201727 April 2022

Researchers built a glass-encased test environment that helps them assess streamflow without the confounding factors introduced by bed forms.

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