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Mapping a Slow-Motion Landslide
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Published June 5, 2020
Through the study of an unusual, long-lasting slide, has developed a new technique to make prediction easier and more accurate.
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Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada
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Published March 13, 2020
The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.
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Sampling the Castle Fire
Published August 21, 2019
Researchers are flying through wildfire smoke to learn about the molecules lingering inside its plume.
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Major Greenland Glacier Is Growing
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Published June 18, 2019
Jakobshavn Glacier has grown for the third year in a row, and scientists attribute the change to cool ocean waters.
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Warm Winds Trigger Melting in Antarctica
Published April 11, 2019
Unusual late-season events could produce long-term changes to the snowpack on the Larsen C ice shelf.
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Drought then Deluge Turned a Stable Landslide into Disaster
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Published February 7, 2019
“Stable landslide” sounds like a contradiction in terms, but there are indeed places on Earth where land has been creeping downhill slowly and harmlessly for as long as a century.
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A Haircut for Puerto Rico’s Forests
Published February 1, 2019
A research team has found that 40 to 60 percent of the tall trees surveyed on the island either lost large branches, were snapped in half, or were uprooted by strong winds from Hurricane Maria.
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