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Determining the degree to which shifting drought conditions around the world are attributable to natural hydroclimatic variability and how much they are caused by climate change is a complicated task. Scientists often use ...
Earth Sciences
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More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, Callisto, appears geologically unremarkable. In the 1990s, however, NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured ...
Astrobiology
Feb 18, 2025
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Because trees can cool cities by providing shade and evaporating water into the atmosphere, greening city streets is an often-touted strategy for climate change adaptation. But trees provide benefits only if they're healthy, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2025
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The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America, and the accumulation of ice at the ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2025
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The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.
Astrobiology
Jan 27, 2025
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The way climate change affects thermodynamic signals, such as atmospheric temperatures, is relatively well understood. Its effects on atmospheric circulation, however, are more complex because the atmosphere is noisy and ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2024
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Research by scientists at the University of Houston is changing our understanding of climate and weather on Mars and providing critical insights into Earth's atmospheric processes as well.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 19, 2024
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Over the past several decades, summer jet streams (or west to east wind flow) and weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere have weakened. Projections suggest the trend will continue, which could make extreme heat events ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2024
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During some convective storms, downdrafts can have enough force to snap or completely uproot trees in a phenomenon known as windthrow. Windthrow events, which can range from just a few trees to many hectares in size, can ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 11, 2024
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Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system more than 4.6 billion years ago.
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2024
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