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How Do Atmospheric Rivers Respond to Extratropical Variability?

by Sarah Kang 3 February 202330 January 2024

Atmospheric river variability over the last millennium is primarily driven by north-south displacements in zonal winds induced by the annular modes.

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Streamflow Drought Intensification in the European Alps

by Valeriy Ivanov 1 February 202331 January 2023

A five-decade analysis of drought generation processes in the Alps shows their changing seasonality in high-elevation basins with increasingly frequent droughts caused by a lack of snowmelt water.

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Global Models Underestimated Groundwater Recharge and Discharge

by Guiling Wang 24 January 202324 January 2023

A new estimate for global groundwater recharge by rainfall and snowmelt, which dictates the upper limit of sustainable groundwater use, doubles the previous estimates from global models.

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Salt Spray May Stifle Lightning over the Sea

by Carolyn Wilke 1 November 20224 November 2022

New research suggests that sea-salt aerosols seed large raindrops that starve clouds of water needed to make lightning. But not all scientists are convinced it’s simply about salt spray.

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Fantastic Ice-Nucleating Particles and How to Find Them

by Susannah M. Burrows 11 October 202211 October 2022

Recent advances in measurements and models are paving the way to transform fundamental understanding and simulation of ice-nucleating particles and their climate impacts. 

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New Cloud and Precipitation Data Over the Southern Ocean

by Minghua Zhang 11 October 202211 October 2022

New measurements show the macro- and microphysical characteristics of the clouds and precipitation over the data-space regions of the Southern Ocean.

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Amazon Basin Tree Rings Hold a Record of the Region’s Rainfall

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 11 October 202221 June 2023

New research provides a 200-year reconstruction of interannual rainfall in the Amazon basin using oxygen isotopes preserved in tree rings in Ecuador and Bolivia.

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Vegetation Carries the Signature of Recent Precipitation

by Valeriy Ivanov 3 October 202228 September 2022

Vegetation response to precipitation is important for near-term weather predictability, and researchers show that such a response can occur within a few days and last up to two months.

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Variability of ENSO Forecast Skill Over the 20th Century

by Suzana Camargo 21 September 20226 March 2023

El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) predictability is examined in a new global coupled retrospective forecast ensemble for the 20th Century.

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The Amazon Rain Forest Can’t Keep Up with Droughts

by Danielle Beurteaux 14 September 202214 September 2022

Droughts in one region of the Amazon can lead to less moisture elsewhere, and trees may not adapt quickly enough to survive.

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