#Better precipitation forecasts up to several hours in advance

“#Better precipitation forecasts up to several hours in advance” Credit: George Hodan/public domain Where, when and how much precipitation is expected? Information on precipitation not only crucial for water management and agriculture, but also for events, road traffic, aviation and other sectors of the economy. While weather models have gotten better over the decades, predicting…

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#Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia

“#Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia” Graphic illustrating the relationship between the East Asian Subtropical Jet and storms in the North Atlantic. Credit: Contributed image. With a new Atlantic hurricane season in full swing, scientists may have found a new influence on how tropical cyclones develop. Researchers led by…

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#Subpolar marginal seas play a key role in making the subarctic Pacific nutrient-rich

“#Subpolar marginal seas play a key role in making the subarctic Pacific nutrient-rich” Phosphate accumulates in high concentrations in intermediate water in the entire subpolar Pacific region. Credit: Jun Nishioka, et al., PNAS, May 27, 2020 A group of researchers from three Japanese universities has discovered why the western subarctic Pacific Ocean, which accounts for…

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#New study reveals lower energy limit for life on Earth

“#New study reveals lower energy limit for life on Earth” Photograph taken from ALVIN, a manned deep-ocean research submersible, taking sediment cores at the ocean floor of the Dorado Outcrop in 2014. Credit: Geoff Wheat, NSF OCE 1130146, and the National Deep Submergence Facility. An international team of researchers led by Queen Mary University of…

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#Plate tectonics goes global

“#Plate tectonics goes global” The Dipping Moho is a sign of one continent being thrust over another. Credit: IGG Today, the entire globe is broken up into tectonic plates that are shifting past each other, causing the continents to drift slowly but steadily. But this has not always been the case. The earliest evidence for…

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#Changes in land evaporation shape the climate

“#Changes in land evaporation shape the climate” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Accurate estimation of how much water is evaporated from the vegetated land surface is a challenging task. A physical-based method—such as the complementary relationship (CR) of evaporation, which explicitly accounts for the dynamic feedback mechanisms in the soil-land-atmosphere system and requires minimal data—is advantageous…

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