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一张黑白卫星图像显示一条小河从一条大河中分出。
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那些科学上认为不应该存在的河流

by Rebecca Dzombak 8 May 20258 May 2025

乍一看,这些水道似乎毫无意义。一篇新的评论文章详细阐述了它们为何如此存在。

Map of a study region and photo of a canoe in a river.
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Strange Branching of Water Flows Through Rivers and Lakes

by Georgia Destouni 8 April 20253 April 2025

Sometimes rivers split into branches in unusual ways, reflecting the complexity of Earth’s water system on land and how much we still must learn about it.

A black-and-white satellite image shows a small river branching off from a larger one.
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The Rivers That Science Says Shouldn’t Exist

by Rebecca Dzombak 1 April 20258 May 2025

At first glance, these waterways make no sense. A new review article details why they are the way they are.

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Listening to Groundwater Dynamics

by Stefan Kollet 10 March 20257 March 2025

Deep learning from shallow passive seismic data reveals groundwater table depth information in space and time.

China’s Yellow River flowing in a large valley
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Tracing Metals from Earth to Water to Life in the Yellow River

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 January 202529 January 2025

The mix of metals in China’s Yellow River stays relatively similar as it moves from the upper continental crust to biological life.

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How Does Subsurface Lithology Speak to Hillslope Morphology?

by Erkan Istanbulluoglu 5 November 20245 November 2024

Subsurface flow hydrology connects soils and bedrock lithology to long-term catchment evolution in humid landscapes.

A strikingly blue lake surrounded by the snowcapped rock walls of a volcano.
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New Details About a Very Old Eruption and Flood

by Saima May Sidik 9 October 20249 October 2024

One of the most dramatic volcanic eruptions in history occurred more than 1,000 years ago. Scientists are still piecing together the aftermath.

Flood depth map from the study.
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Future Global Flood Hazards at Unprecedented Accuracy

by Yoshihide Wada 27 August 202426 August 2024

A global flood hazard map at 30-meter resolution is constructed using latest hydrology, topography, and climate data, and its accuracy is approaching that of local to regional scale flood inundation maps.

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Learning Data Assimilation Without the Help of the Gaussian Assumption

by Stefan Kollet 15 April 202411 April 2024

Major Earth system processes are non-linear and non-Gaussian, and so should be our data assimilation approaches.

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When It Rains, It Pours!

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 11 April 20249 April 2024

Water that falls on a forest canopy during rainfall events reaches the ground at focused locations called “pour points”. This insight has a major impact on how we view hydrologic processes on the ground.

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