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Jonny Wu (left) and Spencer Fuston point to a slide displaying mantle tomography in the North Pacific Ocean.
Posted inNews

The Resurrection Plate Is Dead, Long Live the Resurrection Plate

by Rachel Fritts 16 November 202027 January 2023

Using a technique similar to taking a CT scan of Earth, researchers found the possible remnants of a long-debated “missing” tectonic plate.

A 3D computer illustration of Hesperosuchus, an extinct genus of crocodylomorph reptiles
Posted inNews

A Little-Known Mass Extinction and the “Dawn of the Modern World”

by S. Norris 9 November 202027 October 2022

Volcanic eruptions in what is now western Canada may have triggered a million years of rain and a mass extinction that launched the reign of the dinosaurs.

Dead tree and sand in Death Valley, Calif.
Posted inNews

Winter Drought Relief Unlikely in Western U.S.

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 16 October 202014 February 2022

This year is still on track to be one of the hottest years on record around the globe.

View looking out a helicopter cockpit over remote eastern Alaska landscape
Posted inScience Updates

Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska

by A. Bender, R. Lease, J. V. Jones III and D. Kreiner 29 July 20206 December 2021

Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical mineral resources across the Alaska-Yukon border.

A rocky landscape with short vegetation in the Canadian tundra
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Does a Greening Arctic Affect Groundwater Recharge?

by Kate Wheeling 11 June 202011 August 2022

New research examines how shifts in aboveground ecology influence belowground hydrology in the Arctic.

Scientists unload equipment from a helicopter at a rugged site near Mount Meager in British Columbia.
Posted inScience Updates

Searching for Mount Meager’s Geothermal Heart

by S. E. Grasby and C. Salas 25 February 20205 December 2022

A field expedition into the British Columbia wilderness involving helicopter drops, mountain and landslide traverses, and treacherous ice caves aimed to facilitate geothermal exploration in Canada.

A crew in safety vests uses nets and holding tanks to rescue salmon from the Fraser River
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Remote Landslide Puts Fraser River Salmon on Shaky Ground

by Lesley Evans Ogden 22 January 20205 January 2023

An alliance of First Nations, provincial, and federal leaders worked with scientists, engineers, and emergency responders to rescue critical salmon stocks in western Canada.

A ski chairlift sits motionless above bare ground.
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Here’s What Your Favorite Ski Resort May Look Like in 2085

by Jenessa Duncombe 9 January 202028 October 2022

Ski seasons at many of North America’s western resorts might melt away by 2085 because of warming temperatures.

Satellite measures of the impact of large boreal forest fires on ozone
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Satellite Measurements of Stratospheric Forest Fire Smoke

by William J. Randel 6 December 201918 November 2022

Intense boreal forest fires in August 2017 caused smoke plumes that reached record levels in the stratosphere; satellite measurements show that the effects rivaled a moderate volcanic eruption.

Water dripping from snow on a tree
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Yet Again, Warmer Winter Looms for U.S.

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 October 201914 February 2022

NOAA’s winter forecasts are less confident than usual except in Alaska and Hawaii. Expect to see a lot of weather variability in the coming months.

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