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Image of the North Atlantic Ocean
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Nonlinear Effects of Wind on Atlantic Ocean Circulation

by Jack Lee 11 January 202227 September 2022

Simulations reveal the influence of reduced and enhanced wind stress on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Photo of a scientific raft used to extract sediment cores from Caldeirao Lake on Corvo Island, Azores.
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Sediments Suggest Vikings May Have Been the First to Settle the Azores

by Santiago Flórez 4 January 20224 October 2022

A multidisciplinary team studying lake sediments and climate change found evidence that the archipelago was inhabited 700 years earlier than historical sources claim.

An aerial image of orange sand dunes overtaking buildings.
Posted inNews

Dunes Dance to a New Rhythm in Climate Change

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 17 December 202117 December 2021

Dunes may morph or creep in new directions in a warming world.

A chat, or waste, pile near the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma.
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Community Input Drives Superfund Research

by Robin Donovan 14 December 202125 October 2022

Researchers identified geochemical tracers for lead and investigated Oklahomans’ concerns at the Tar Creek Superfund site.

Offshore wind farm off Block Island, R.I.
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Ocean Terrain and the Engineering Challenges for Offshore Wind Farms

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 November 202122 November 2021

Deep coastal seabeds, glacial erratics, and other geophysical hurdles stand in the way of offshore wind farm proliferation. Researchers, engineers, and organizations are adapting and inventing ways to harness the breeze.

A dolphin washed up on a beach
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Wind and Ocean Currents May Contribute to Mass Dolphin Strandings

by Rebecca Dzombak 4 November 202128 March 2023

Coastal wind patterns correlate with mass strandings of dolphins, suggesting that storm-induced upwelling could be influencing cetaceans’ behavior.

Plot showing the latitudinal profile of F-region meridional wind as a function of local time for the day of 4 January 2019.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Thermospheric Cross-Polar Winds Observed to Unexpectedly Stall

by Michael P. Hickey 7 October 202113 October 2021

Observations of cross-polar cap neutral winds near 240 km altitude stalling over short distances in the midnight sector near Poker Flat, Alaska, challenge the standard view of high-latitude dynamics.

Long, nearly straight lines of sand ridges on Mars
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Megaripples on Mars—How to Name Wind-Shaped Features on the Red Planet

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 30 August 202114 April 2022

New research suggests a more settled terminology for Martian aeolian landforms based on size and geomorphology.

Satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom on the ocean’s surface.
Posted inNews

Eddy Killing in the Ocean

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 29 July 202128 September 2021

Solving the case of ocean eddy death could help climate modelers better represent the effect of wind.

Two maps of the tropical Pacific Ocean showing difference in precipitation between a control model and observations (top panel) and a model with elevated Central American orography (bottom panel).
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Raising Central American Orography Improves Climate Simulation

by Sarah Kang 9 June 20218 March 2022

Elevation of Central American orography significantly reduces the pervasive tropical rainfall bias by blocking the easterlies and consequently warming the northeastern tropical Pacific.

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