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Did These Curious Rock Formations Inspire the Great Sphinx?

by Nathaniel Scharping 3 November 20233 November 2023

New research says it’s plausible the Great Sphinx started life as a geomorphological oddity known as a yardang.

A satellite image shows blue sea ice in the Nares Strait and open water toward the bottom of the image.
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Winds Clear Sea Ice Through Fertile Arctic Waters

by Andrew Chapman 11 September 202311 September 2023

The North Water polynya might not be as dependent on a sea ice bridge as previously thought, but not everyone is convinced.

Graph from the paper.
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Modeling the Outer Winds of Tropical Cyclones

by Suzana Camargo 15 August 202315 August 2023

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.

Researchers stand on a field of ice marked by spots of open water.
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Sea Ice Is Going, but When Will It Be Gone?

by Saima May Sidik 28 June 202328 June 2023

A pair of studies demonstrate the uncertainty over when the Arctic will become seasonally sea ice free.

Roughly 20 people stand amid sand dunes under a clear blue sky and near a metal framework equipped with scientific instruments.
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The Nitty-Gritty Forces That Shape Planetary Surfaces

by Brian Jackson, Serina Diniega, Timothy Titus, Alejandro Soto and Edgard Rivera-Valentin 15 June 202315 June 2023

Scientists are coming up with ingenious ways to compare terrestrial sand dunes, dust storms, and rain with their counterparts on Mars and Titan.

Photo of dust blowing on an Arizona hillside.
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Danger in the Dust! The Hazards of Windblown Dust

by Thomas E. Gill, Daniel Tong, William Sprigg and R. Scott Van Pelt 1 June 202314 July 2023

Airborne dust not only causes disease, it also menaces transportation on land, sea, and air; disrupts renewable energy systems; transports pathogens and toxic substances; and poses many other hazards.

Black and white photo of particles and a bar graph.
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Dust in the (Martian) Wind

by Laurent G. J. Montési and Germán Martinez 31 May 202330 May 2023

The InSight Lander, on Mars, intentionally dumped sand over its seismic instrument’s tether and the wind sorted the particles by size as it blew them away.

Graphs from the paper.
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Satellite View of African Easterly Waves and Hurricane Formation

by Suzana Camargo 9 May 20235 May 2023

Researchers present a new analysis of surface winds and enthalpy fluxes from satellite retrievals for African easterly waves that intensify into Atlantic hurricanes.

Graphs from the paper.
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Wind Shear Instabilities Emit Gravity Waves

by Yuichi Otsuka 27 April 202327 April 2023

A new study shows that atmospheric gravity waves can be generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the wind shear layer.

Graph from the paper
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Quantifying Extreme Events from Short Weather Forecast Data

by Sarah Kang 13 April 202310 April 2023

Subseasonal weather forecast ensembles are a useful tool for overcoming the inherent difficulty of quantifying extreme weather risk caused by data scarcity.

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