Phenology represents the seasonal dynamics of vegetation, and is an important indicator of local and regional climate change. With stronger warming trends at higher latitudes, the seasonality of vulnerable Arctic tundra is ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2020
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(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to be exploited for ...
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2012
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Late January 2010. Powerful storms blow into Huntsville, Ala. Forecasters at the National Weather Service move to monitor nearly 20 storms developing over the land that stretches from northern Alabama to southern Tennessee. ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In many fields of applied science, such as geology, there are often tensions and disagreements between scientists who specialize in analyses of problems using mathematical models to describe sets of collected ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2011
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In a warming climate, the sustainability of cryospheric meltwater on the Tibetan Plateau has raised concerns because of its importance for the fragile ecosystem in the headwater regions and the dense populations in the downstream. ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2023
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Five Sentinel-1A radar scans acquired between 3 October and 2 December 2014 were combined to create this image of ground deformation in Mexico City.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2014
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Himalayan Glaciers fight back to preserve themselves, but for how long? An international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Francesca Pellicciotti of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), explains ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2023
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The signature of drought was easy to read in the southern United States in the summer of 2011. It was in the brown, wilted crops and the bare fields. It was in the clouds of dust that rolled across the sky and in the shrinking ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2012
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A study of the Umpqua River basin in the Oregon Coast Range helps explain natural processes behind the width of valleys and provides potentially useful details for river restoration efforts designed to improve habitats for ...
Ecology
Feb 11, 2013
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Diplomats and officials from 90 nations have agreed to share thousands of observations from satellites, airplanes and ground sensing equipment about our planet for a second decade.
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2014
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