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Desert Landscape Evolution Controlled by Storm Intensity

by T.C. Hales 12 October 202312 October 2023

A new study in the Negev Desert finds that long-term erosion of a desert escarpment occurs in drier areas where intense storms are most frequent.

Floodwaters fill the streets of a town in Germany, with a damaged railroad in the foreground.
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Exploring Just How Extreme Future Storms Could Get

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 15 September 202315 September 2023

A novel approach to storm simulations could help prepare for increasingly heavy precipitation events.

2 maps of the western United States
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Wet Conditions Delay Wildfire Detection

by Guiling Wang 29 August 202328 August 2023

When accompanied by a considerable amount of rainfall, ignition of wildfire by lightning over forested land may not be detected until days later.

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Modeling the Outer Winds of Tropical Cyclones

by Suzana Camargo 15 August 202315 August 2023

A new analytical solution for Emanuel’s theory on how the winds vary with the distance from the hurricane center outside of the core of the storm.

Photo of a flooded neighborhood.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Floods: Breakthroughs in Riverine and Coastal Modeling

by Keighobad Jafarzadegan, Hamed Moftakhari and Hamid Moradkhani 5 July 20235 July 2023

To enhance flood modeling, it is imperative to gain a comprehensive understanding of the causative mechanisms and cutting-edge models and tools, while also acknowledging their uncertainties. 

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A New Look at the Changing Water Cycle Over Land

by Alessandra Giannini 29 May 202324 May 2023

Whether warming increases or decreases, rain over land depends on the relationship of soil moisture, evaporation, and aridity which shape rain regimes.

Two maps using colors to show flood depths.
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An Innovative Approach to Model Complex Hurricane Flood Hazards

by Andra Garner 12 January 202311 January 2023

A new study shows that it is possible to produce regional assessments of how hurricane flood hazards change due to both evolving storm tides and precipitation rates in a warming climate.

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A Theory of Squall Lines

by Bjorn Stevens 9 January 20239 January 2023

About 50 years ago, vorticity thinking helped unveil basic properties of squall lines. Zhang now provides a closed theory, demystifying one of nature’s most important forms of convective organization.

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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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Rain Makes Skulls Bigger—in Mice

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 October 202228 October 2022

New research shows how regional weather, shaped by towering mountain ranges, might influence the size and shape of local rodents.

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