Two Clemson University engineers say their research is the most comprehensive analysis so far of what causes flash drought, a weather phenomenon that has been blamed for billions of dollars in crop damage and increased wildfire ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2022
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How much the ground moves during an earthquake strongly depends on properties of rock and soil just beneath Earth's surface. Modeling studies suggest that ground shaking is amplified in sedimentary basins, on which populated ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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Urban warming results from cities creating and capturing heat. Now, new international research involving Western University is shedding light on how much of that is directly related to human activity.
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2022
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Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled after making landfall over coastal Texas, pouring down record rainfall, flooding communities and becoming one of the wettest and most destructive storms in United States history. A new technique ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2022
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By 2080, around 70% of the world's oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen as a result of climate change, potentially impacting marine ecosystems worldwide, according to a new study. The new models find mid-ocean ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2022
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Two researchers from the University of Ottawa are the first to map out all the glaciers that end in the ocean in the Northern Hemisphere and provide a measure of their rate of change over the last 20 years. Their findings ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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New research looks to improve prediction of brief but intense rainstorms that can cause devastating flash floods and landslides.
Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2022
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Liquid water previously detected under Mars' ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 24, 2022
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