A team of scientists sailed around the world to catalog the diversity of plankton species in the ocean. Their findings have important economic implications as climate warms.
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How Do Submarine and Terrestrial Canyons Compare?
Insights from a new study could spark discoveries about Martian landscapes and also help researchers get to the bottom of canyon formation here on Earth.
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Podcast: Plate Tectonics, the Theory That Changed Earth Science
Third Pod from the Sun talks with pioneering geophysicist Xavier Le Pichon about what it was like to be a young scientist challenging deeply held theories.
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Reconstructing Natural Streamflow at Unprecedented Resolution
A new research effort has mapped 35 years of naturalized streamflow for 2.94 million river reaches worldwide: an invaluable dataset for hydrology, biogeochemistry, ecology, and remote sensing.
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Australia’s Complex Intertidal Zones Mapped in 3-D
Intertidal zones support biodiverse habitats but have lost serious ground in recent decades to development, erosion, and sea level rise.
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Huge Aquifer Imaged off the Atlantic Coast
Offshore aquifers may be a common feature along passive continental margins around the world.
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A More Accurate Global River Map
A new map of global river systems is based on crowdsourcing and the latest topography data sets.
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Arctic Glacial Retreat Alters Downstream Fjord Currents
High-resolution mapping efforts could improve predictions of coastal changes as glaciers shrink around the world.
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Mapping Subglacial Meltwater Channels
Researchers find that past studies underestimate the friction meltwater channels exert on glaciers by orders of magnitude.
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Where Did All the Free-Flowing Rivers Go?
A map of the world’s free-flowing rivers shows a shrinking number can still meander as they please. New plans for hydropower will further constrain flow.