Researchers use change of slope in a dense river network to investigate rock uplift rates of Taiwan.
Modeling
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Mantle Below North American Plate Newly Modeled
Data from seismometers spread out across the United States give new clues to the location of structures in the underlying mantle.
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Improving Hydrology Models for a Changing Climate
How can scientists make a hydrology model that can predict water flow in an uncertain future climate?
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Developing Climate Model Comparisons
Experimental Design for CMIP6: Aerosols, Land Use, and Future Scenarios;
Aspen, Colorado, 4–8 August 2014
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River Slope Connects Modern Topography with Ancient Tectonics
Scientists create models to help them figure out how the slope of a river can record ancient tectonic activity.
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Ocean Carbon Uptake More Variable Than Previously Thought
Researchers create a global model of carbon dioxide absorbed by the ocean to get a better idea of how the greenhouse gas influences climate.
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Uncertainty in Deforestation’s Effects on Amazonian Climate
The strength of land-atmosphere coupling in a given model influences how it represents deforestation’s effects.
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Epidemiology Can Help Predict Urban Water System Failures
How are broken water pipes like fatalities in a heat wave? Researchers look to an epidemiological model to better care for infrastructure.
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Quaternary Sea Ice Reconstruction: Proxy Data and Modeling
3rd Sea Ice Proxy Working Group Workshop: Sea Ice Proxy Synthesis and Data-Model Comparison; Bremerhaven, Germany, 23−25 June 2014
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Model of Earth's Plasmasphere Is Incompatible with Measurements
Researchers find that a model of the Earth’s plasmasphere developed in the 1960s is outdated and inaccurate.