New simulations show how reducing residential and agricultural pollution outside the Greater Bay Area could improve public health inside this megalopolis and across China.
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A Better Way to Understand Drought
New models should consider drought a process, not merely a product, and should factor in the huge variety of causes, effects, and feedbacks that play out in the real world.
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The Looming Crisis of Sinking Ground in Mexico City
New research reveals the cause of Mexico City’s rapidly sinking and fracturing ground.
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Tracing Water from River to Aquifer
A new technique using dissolved noble gas tracers sheds light on how water moves through an aquifer, with implications for water resources and their vulnerability to climate change.
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Tracking Oxygen in the Sargasso Sea’s 18 Degree Water
Biogeochemical floats provide an improved picture of ocean mixing and oxygen movement in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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拉丁美洲环境观测网络的缺口
尽管拉丁美洲对全球碳和水循环具有显著影响，但其在FLUXNET站点中所占的比例相对较小，这限制了该观测网络在该地区的代表性。
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Extreme Rainfall Statistics May Shift as U.S. Climate Warms
Precipitation data and high-resolution modeling suggest that extreme rainfall events under a changing climate will be shorter, more intense, and more widely spread out.
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Upward Lightning Takes Its Cue from Nearby Lightning Events
Lightning in a thunderstorm changes the electromagnetic field in a way that sparks upward lightning from tall structures.
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Past Climate Change Affected Mountain Building in the Andes
Increased glaciation in the North Patagonian Andes may have influenced tectonic dynamics over the past 7 million years, suggesting a connection between climate change and mountain-building processes.