Climate change to increase lifetime of space pollution
Satellites face greater chances of collision with space debris as a result of reduced density in the upper atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2022
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Geophysical Research Letters
Faster-developing, wetter hurricanes to come
In a new study, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory find that the U.S. Atlantic Coast is becoming a breeding ground for rapidly intensifying hurricanes. Fueled by environmental ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential
Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using existing systems. However, seismic sensors already in place to detect earthquakes could be a ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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Strengthening cold ocean current buffers Galápagos Islands from climate change
While most of the world's oceans are warming due to climate change, a new CU Boulder study explains how the waters around the Galápagos Islands are staying cool and getting colder.
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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Study shows tectonics to be main driver of hillslope 'connectivity'
Chances are good that most people reading this are situated on a hillslope, as hillslopes cover some 90% of the Earth's landmass.
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2022
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Tonga volcano eruption stimulates life: Rapid, massive bloom of ocean phytoplankton
In January 2022, the largest submarine volcanic eruption of this century led to a dramatic phytoplankton bloom north of the island of Tongatapu, in the Kingdom of Tonga. A team of scientists from the University of Hawai'i ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2022
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Observed changes in daily precipitation intensity: It's raining harder in the US
Just like the old adage says: When it rains, it pours.
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2022
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AI predicts physics of future fault slip in laboratory earthquakes
An artificial intelligence approach borrowed from natural language processing—much like language translation and autofill for text on your smart phone—can predict future fault friction and the next failure time with high ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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Global warming at least doubled the probability of extreme ocean warming around Japan
In the past decade, the marginal seas of Japan frequently experienced extremely high sea surface temperatures (SSTs). A new study led by National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) researchers revealed that the increased ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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NASA study finds climate extremes affect landslides in surprising ways
Climate change is driving more volatile precipitation patterns around the world—very dry stretches punctuated by storms that drop large amounts of rain or snow in a short amount of time. While wetter and drier spells may ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2022
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