Climate models struggle to accurately portray clouds because the models cannot resolve the scales at which clouds form. A new study demonstrates a potential fix for the problem.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The transmission of sunlight through Arctic sea ice depends on the presence of ice, snow, and melt ponds, data collected over 6 years reveal.Read More »
Democratic candidates detailed their plans to address the “existential crisis” of our time. Climate scientists were happy to have a forum—and happier that it was substantive.Read More »
Excess nitrogen causes serious environmental problems, but too little can lead to food insecurity and unrest. A team of researchers proposes a five-pronged solution to our planet’s nitrogen woes.Read More »Ocean Sciences
A review of recent advancements highlights key insights into the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and what might be in store for future research.Read More »Biogeosciences
As heavy rain falls more frequently, the land alongside a river has a greater effect on the waterway’s nutrient levels—for better or worse.Read More »Geohealth
Increased rainfall in East Africa and subsequent wind may have brought infected bugs to Yemen, causing the worst cholera outbreak of our time.Read More »Ocean Sciences
New findings suggest that rare events underlie a global inverse relationship between primary production of organic carbon in the upper ocean and the fraction that is exported to the deep sea.Read More »
