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Fotografía de una avenida en Texas inundada
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Científicos revelan los peligros ocultos del calor y las inundaciones en Texas

by Rebecca Owen 25 June 202525 June 2025

Una parte más amplia del “Estado de la Estrella Solitaria” podría verse afectada por más olas de calor e inundaciones de lo que sugieren registros previos.

Telephone poles and power lines sit in brown flood water that covers a street.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Reveal Hidden Heat and Flood Hazards Across Texas

by Rebecca Owen 16 May 202530 June 2025

A wider swath of the Lone Star State may be affected by more heat and flood events than previous recordkeeping suggests.

A truck is parked next to a pile of sand at a construction site.
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Sandy Fingerprints Trace Supply Sources

by Molly Herring 4 January 20244 January 2024

Geological forensics can trace raw materials back to their source. As global sand demand increases, a new tool could help identify illegal and informal sand mining.

A bicycle leans against a railing overlooking Buffalo Bayou. Piles of sand block the sidewalk along the railing.
Posted inNews

Hurricane Harvey Filled Houston with Sediment

by J. Besl 6 October 20236 October 2023

The storm’s record-setting rains moved an equally impressive amount of sediment and elevated the risk and expense of absorbing all that muck.

Five people planting young trees in Houston field
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Native Super Trees Could Provide Climate Solutions to Houston

by Graycen Wheeler 15 December 20211 June 2023

A Houston nonprofit identified 14 native “super tree” species that are particularly promising for mitigating climate change and public health concerns.

Artist’s rendering of a thunderstorm occurring during a winter snowstorm
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Rare Wintertime Thunderstorms Recorded over the U.S. Gulf Coast

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 6 April 20212 September 2022

“Thundersnow”—thunderstorm activity accompanying a winter storm—was spotted near southern Texas earlier this year.

A field on a Nebraska farm with a large irrigation arm watering the crop. Grain storage elevators are visible in the background.
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Modeling Groundwater and Crop Production in the U.S. High Plains

by Jady Carmichael 30 November 20208 November 2022

Innovative new research by a team of international scholars borrows modeling methods from ecology and applies them to groundwater sustainability.

Glacial cliff towers above an icy sea
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Controlled Explosions Pave the Way for Thwaites Glacier Research

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 January 202013 December 2021

Scientists detonate explosives in West Texas to prepare for fieldwork in West Antarctica.

Spotted seatrout.
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Fish Continued to Spawn as Hurricane Harvey Swirled Overhead

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 19 November 201818 March 2022

Spotted seatrout, one of the most popular fish to catch on the shores of Texas, carried on their nightly baby-making ritual despite the havoc of a category 4 storm above.

A person wades through a Houston street flooded by rains from Hurricane Harvey on 28 August.
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A Diary of a Storm

Mohi Kumar headshot by M. Kumar 7 September 20173 November 2022

When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas more than a week ago, an Eos staff editor based in Houston hunkered down. Here’s her day-by-day account of the storm and its aftermath.

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