Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser has had decades-long dry spells brought on by a history of droughts, a new study finds. With global temperatures on the rise, the American West is projected to become drier. Sustained drought ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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From 2000 to 2021, climate change caused the loss of more than 40 trillion liters (10 trillion gallons) of water in the Colorado River Basin—about equal to the entire storage capacity of Lake Mead—according to a new study ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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Climate models are sophisticated numerical tools used to estimate and explore what Earth's climate was like in the past, how it behaves now, and how it will change in the future.
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2023
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Layers of sedimentary rock are often studied to recreate Earth's history. But rocks aren't always the most reliable historians. New research shows that environmental conditions can substantially affect how—and how fast—sediment ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 13, 2023
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Climate change is not only making Georgia hotter but also increasing the likelihood of snake bite, according to a new study. Every degree Celsius of daily temperature increase corresponds with about a 6% increase in snake ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a "supercharged" thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. There ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2023
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By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2023
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When soil moisture is low, evaporation is limited. The conditions of this moisture-limited regime can exacerbate extreme weather events, including droughts and heat waves. In a new study, Hsin Hsu and colleagues quantify ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2023
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For more than a decade, forests across much of Chile have been experiencing a megadrought, its effects overprinted on an already warming and drying climate. High in the Andes, stands of giant Nothofagus obliqua trees, also ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2023
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Air pollution doesn't affect everybody the same way. And in a new study, researchers developed a method to improve estimates of how, within cities, different communities are exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
Environment
May 21, 2023
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