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Soil Texture Determines How Groundwater and Rain Impact Crops

by L. Strelich 20 January 201620 October 2021

Scientists model water table depth, soil texture, and weather conditions to identify how these variables interact to make or break corn yields.

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Salty Secret Might Aid Carbon Impact of Restored Wetlands

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 15 December 201523 January 2023

Research on a surprising way rainfall affected the salinity of a boreal peatland might help restorers of such wetlands wrecked by tar sands mining maximize carbon absorption of reclaimed marshes.

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Aerosol Cutbacks May Bring Tropical Rains Farther North

by L. Strelich 23 October 20153 February 2022

Lower anthropogenic aerosol emissions in the 21st century may lead to warming that drives the Intertropical Convergence Zone northward.

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Rainfall Fluctuations Hinder Projections of Future Extremes

by P. Kollipara 10 June 201514 April 2023

Long-period oscillations in rainfall make even long records less useful for predicting future extremes.

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Precooled Aerosols Are Better Raindrop Nuclei

by C. Schultz 6 March 20153 February 2022

Cooling inorganic and organic aqueous solutions makes the particles into more robust seeds of clouds.

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Measuring Rainfall in West Africa Using Cellular Networks

by J. Orwig and Faith Ishii 25 November 201418 February 2022

Scientists demonstrated that rainfall can be monitored using the network of cellular towers throughout West Africa.

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