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Map showing sample locations and a photo of an oil platform in the ocean.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Remote Sensors See NO2 ‘Hot Spots’ from Offshore Oil Activity

by Jonathan H. Jiang 23 March 202321 March 2023

Satellites can see NO2 pollution from space, but can they detect individual oil and natural gas operations, and are the measurements accurate?

4 maps showing temperature-precipitation scaling rate and differences in scaling rate.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Rate of Temperature–Precipitation Scaling in Rainfall Events

by Minghua Zhang 1 March 202322 February 2023

Future extreme rain will be embedded in shorter, more convective dominant rainfall events in the northeastern region of North America, leading to larger rate in future temperature-precipitation scaling.

Evergreen trees below a snow-capped mountain range partially obscured by fog and clouds.
Posted inNews

Boreal Trees May Grow Faster Due to Climate Change

by Saima May Sidik 21 February 202321 February 2023

Enhanced tree growth could significantly offset carbon emissions, but some researchers say it’s not enough to compete with forest disturbances.

Una vista del Ártico congelado vista desde una elevación moderada. El paisaje contiene estanques de agua derretida distribuidos aleatoriamente. Cuatro científicos, pequeños y vistos desde la distancia, se paran sobre el hielo en la parte derecha de la imagen.
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El derretimiento del hielo marino del océano Ártico potencia las mareas

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 January 202327 January 2023

Si el cambio climático anula el ciclo estacional de hielo y deshielo, se desencadenaría un ciclo de retroalimentación de derretimiento del hielo marino en algunas partes del Ártico canadiense.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Drier or Wetter Future for Southwestern North America?

by Susan Trumbore 31 December 202217 February 2023

Bhattacharya et al. present evidence that expansion of the North American Monsoon explains a wetter southwest in the mid-Pliocene and suggest this mechanism can explain current monsoon variations.

Refugia dot a hillside in the western Cascades after the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, one of the largest blazes in Oregon’s history.
Posted inFeatures

Last Tree Standing

by Robin Donovan 22 December 202222 December 2022

Refugia repopulate forests after fires, but climate change is making these woodlands increasingly unpredictable.

Mist permeates a lush rain forest in Tanzania
Posted inNews

Monitoring Moisture from Afar

by Danielle Beurteaux 12 October 202212 October 2022

Undisturbed tropical rain forests are experiencing more frequent droughts, but the ecosystems are isolated and difficult to assess. Scientists are using remote sensing to expand the depth and scope of monitoring efforts.

A dog sits next to a backpack on a dirt road in a desert landscape.
Posted inFeatures

Incredible Journeys on the Crown of the Continent

by Mary Caperton Morton 15 April 202215 April 2022

Living in Geologic Time: The making, breaking, and backpacking of North America’s Continental Divide.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

What Caused the Open Habitat Transition in the West-Central U.S.?

by Susan Trumbore 10 March 202212 April 2022

Between 26-15 My ago, forests covering west-central North America gave way to open, grassy habitats. Now, oxygen isotope records suggest this shift is owed to drier winters and increased aridity.

Dry Falls located at the head of Grand Coulee
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Western U.S. “Megafloods” Might Not Have Been So Mega

by Rebecca Dzombak 3 February 20223 February 2022

The flooding that carved eastern Washington State 20,000 to 12,000 years ago could have been 80% smaller than the canyons’ volume today.

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