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On the left: a view of Pluto, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft. On the right: a close-up of an undulating region believed to have been formed by volcanoes that erupted icy material.
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Pluto’s Surface Was Recently Sculpted by Icy Volcanism

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 May 202217 February 2023

Geologically young regions of Pluto’s southern hemisphere were likely resurfaced by cryovolcanism, data from the New Horizons spacecraft reveal.

Carpentaria湾上方的GRACE-FO卫星
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卫星激光揭示地球水运动的变化

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 27 April 202227 April 2022

GRACE-FO卫星上基于激光的仪器可以扩展到其他地球物理应用,用来收集地球系统中月内时间尺度上的质量变化的数据。

A volcanic eruption spews molten rock into the sky.
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Magma Lingers at Different Depths on the Basis of Its Water Content

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 4 April 202225 April 2022

The discovery, gleaned from observations of volcanoes on four continents, could help constrain models of volcanic eruptions.

The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia
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Satellites’ Lasers Reveal Changes in Earth’s Water Movement

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 March 202227 April 2022

The laser-based instruments aboard the GRACE-FO satellites may be extended to other geophysical applications to collect data on other submonthly mass changes in Earth’s system.

A conceptual model showing how phosphorous from individual household waste is transported to surface waters.
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Water Quality Policy Must Consider Stored Watershed Phosphorous

by D. Scott Mackay 6 December 20213 December 2021

Phosphorous stored in watersheds and affects water quality for decades. A new model predicts phosphorus accumulation and depletion, and the consequences for water quality conservation measures.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Well-Balanced Ecosystem Uses Water Most Efficiently

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 13 May 20216 March 2023

Excess of a single nutrient, such as nitrogen, may boost plant productivity, but the imbalance leads to less efficient water use as plants scramble for the nutrients they lack.

A model bulk water storage capacity map of the pyrolitic mantle up to 27 GPa
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Watering Down the Mantle

by V. Salters 9 March 20214 August 2023

The cooling of planet Earth over time increased the water carrying capacity of the mantle and could have shrunk the oceans.

Map view of the topography of Central America and surrounding ocean basins
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Subduction May Recycle Less Water Than Thought

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 February 202127 January 2023

A new analysis of seismic data from the Middle America Trench suggests that previous calculations have vastly overestimated the total amount of water transported to the mantle worldwide.

Hydration (in blue) on the lunar surface as observed from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility overlain on an image of the Moon
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A Clearer Look at Lunar Surface Hydration

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 September 202028 July 2022

Independent ground-based observations of the Moon confirm prior spacecraft observations that hydration at the lunar surface varies with temperature.

World map showing location of permanent geomagnetic observatories and their data availability for electromagnetic source characterization.
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Globally Variable Water Content in the Mantle Transition Zone

by S. D. Jacobsen 9 June 20204 August 2023

Using electromagnetic waves originating in the ionosphere and magnetosphere, conductivity profiles reaching the deep upper mantle show surprising variability in water content.

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