Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water ...
Environment
May 20, 2022
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An isotope of a chemical element contains the same number of protons in the center of its atom, but when compared to another atom, the number of neutrons is different. Regarding water, some hydrogen and oxygen atoms within ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2022
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How would afforestation and restoration of large areas worldwide affect water-fluxes world wide? A new study led by Wageningen University researcher Anne Hoek van Dijke with contributions from Martin Herold, GFZ, has ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2022
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When the 10,000th observation was submitted to Mountain Rain or Snow on the morning of March 15th, wet snow was falling on much of the Sierra Nevada. The National Weather Service was predicting slick mountain passes and possible ...
Environment
May 11, 2022
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Precipitation change in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) will likely have profound effects on the regional ecosystem and on downstream monsoon weather systems.
Environment
May 9, 2022
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Changes in precipitation patterns under global climate change affect plant biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems, with potentially important implications for ecosystem function and processes.
Ecology
May 6, 2022
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Extreme weather events can exert profound impacts on society, economy and environment. However, short instrumental data limits our understanding of their mechanism and the evaluation of climate models.
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2022
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When the winters get warmer in northern Sweden, there is a risk for groundwater level decline, despite heavy precipitation. The villain in this story is lingering ground frost that prevents snow meltwater and rain from filling ...
Environment
May 2, 2022
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The December 2014 North American Storm Complex was a powerful winter storm, referred to by some as California's "Storm of the Decade." Fueled by an atmospheric river originating over the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2022
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Snowmelt is an important fresh water resource, with more than one-sixth of the world's population relying on it for water. In the arid areas of northwest China, snowmelt runoff accounts for about 20~70% of runoff.
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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