Rising Arctic temperatures have changed both wind patterns and precipitation in areas that carry dust to West and South Asia, but the change may not be permanent.
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We’ve Already Seen Category 6 Hurricanes—Now Scientists Want to Make It Official
Intensifying storms may warrant a new category of hurricane wind speeds.
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New Tracers of Wind Erosion Provide Insight into Dryland Vegetation
Rare earth element tracers provide insight into how fire and wind transport influence the vegetation state of the world’s drylands.
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Seawater Dynamics in an Underexplored Antarctic Fjord
Wind is the major driver of salinity changes within the narrow, glacier-fed cove.
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Climate Change May Be Causing Stronger Thunderstorm Wind Gusts
A new study suggests straight-line wind events are increasing in a warming climate.
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The Winds of Change: Foehn Drive Intense Melt
Atmospheric rivers on the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet are driving dry winds across northeastern Greenland, forcing extreme short-term melt.
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Did These Curious Rock Formations Inspire the Great Sphinx?
New research says it’s plausible the Great Sphinx started life as a geomorphological oddity known as a yardang.
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Winds Clear Sea Ice Through Fertile Arctic Waters
The North Water polynya might not be as dependent on a sea ice bridge as previously thought, but not everyone is convinced.
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Modeling the Outer Winds of Tropical Cyclones
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.
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Sea Ice Is Going, but When Will It Be Gone?
A pair of studies demonstrate the uncertainty over when the Arctic will become seasonally sea ice free.