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A New Tornado Database Helps Researchers Worldwide

by Andrew J. Wight 3 January 20257 January 2025

Thanks to unique geography and atmospheric conditions, the United States is a tornado hot spot, but these deadly whirlwinds also hit Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The crater of a snow-covered volcano emits smoke.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Antarctic Ice Melt May Fuel Eruptions of Hidden Volcanoes

by Madeline Reinsel 3 January 202513 January 2025

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off.

An aerial image shows ruins of buildings and smoke after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
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Improving Earthquake Early Warning Access for the Deaf Community

by Grace van Deelen 2 January 20252 January 2025

Earthquake early warning systems are rarely accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. A group of scientists is working to change that.

Volcanic eruption with steam rising from a snow-covered peak.
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Alaska’s Mount Veniaminof Volcano Is Stealthy—Here’s Why

by Gaea Cabico 18 December 202418 December 2024

New research explains why Mount Veniaminof erupts without the usual warming signs.

A drone view shows the Nakhu River flooding and affecting homes during heavy rainfall in Lalitpur, Nepal, in September 2024.
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Climate Change Amplified the Effects of Extreme Rainfall in Nepal

by Leslie Liang 18 December 202418 December 2024

A new study indicates that rapid urbanization and deforestation also contributed to devastation caused by floods and landslides in 2024.

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Creeping Faults May Have Simpler Geometries

by Erin Martin-Jones 20 November 202420 November 2024

A recent study offers an alternative perspective on why some fault segments slide smoothly, whereas others get stuck and produce earthquakes.

The top of a conical volcano covered in snow appears against a blue sky
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Glaciers near Active Volcanoes Flow Faster

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 November 202414 November 2024

Monitoring glacier velocity could help predict volcanic activity, a study of more than 210,000 glaciers suggests.

Dirt, rocks, and tree debris block one lane of a mountain highway.
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Mapping Landslide Risk in the United States and Puerto Rico

by Rebecca Owen 22 October 202422 October 2024

A new method provides highly accurate continental-scale landslide susceptibility maps that are being used in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 October 20243 October 2024

Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.

The orange glow from erupting lava illuminates the area around the summit of Kīlauea volcano under a star-filled night sky.
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An Unprecedented Experiment to Map Kīlauea’s Summit Magma System

by Roger Denlinger, Daniel R. H. O’Connell, Guoqing Lin, Steve Roecker and Ninfa Bennington 18 September 202423 September 2024

Dozens of researchers deployed nearly 2,000 seismic stations—and a T-Rex—to better illuminate subsurface structure and magma storage below the summit of the highly active volcano.

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