Due to its unique ability to monitor Earth’s surface, Synthetic Aperture Radar plays a pivotal role in revolutionizing the geosciences.
surface waves & tides
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An All-Community Push to “Close the Loops” on Southern Ocean Dynamics
A new study highlights the connected nature of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, the research priorities needed to understand its influence on climate change, the importance of cross-disciplinary collaborations.
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Waves May Be Crashing on Titan’s Shores
A new study suggests that wind-driven waves could be sculpting the coastlines of the lakes and seas on Saturn’s largest moon.
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Radar Data Show Thwaites Gets a Daily Bath of Warm Seawater
The Doomsday Glacier, predicted to raise global sea level by more than half a meter, could be exposed to more warm ocean water than previously thought.
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The End of the Eclipse
Scientists are studying how the Earth–Moon distance has changed over time, and what effect that change might have had on our planet. Future changes will extinguish total solar eclipses entirely.
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Where and How Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas and Communities
To better understand how sea-level rise threatens coastal areas, scientists propose a new indicator to estimate the risk of coastal flooding under climate change.
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Step Aside, Internal Tides: Supercomputer Modeling Improves Satellite Altimetry Precision
New supercomputer models can provide valuable information about the ocean’s layers and movements, particularly slow moving features such as eddies and currents.
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Glaciers Rise and Fall—and Melt—with Tides
The effect of ocean water creeping beneath Greenland ice is stronger than scientists realized.
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Earthquakes Have Preparatory Stage Years Before Rupture
Tidally induced seismicity increased locally before the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake, suggesting that fault sensitivity to stress increases in the years immediately before large earthquakes.
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Exploring the Mantle Through Microseisms
A new method for examining the tiny vibrations of Earth caused by ocean swells could help reveal details of deep-Earth structure.