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Dust Activity on Mars
Phenomena like electrostatic uplift support large-scale dust activity on Mars, but it is usually due to excess dust, excess temperature, or, most commonly, excess wind speeds. Reg…
Evaluating the Energetic Framework of Seasonal ITCZ Shifts Across Reanalyses and Computational Methods
The energetic framework of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) relates shifts of the annual-mean ITCZ latitude to changes in atmospheric energy transport (AET), but its appl…
Effect of Light Elements on the Melting Behavior of Liquid Iron Alloys under Earth's Inner Core Boundary Conditions.
Constraining the temperature at Earth’s inner core boundary (ICB) is critical for modeling the planet’s thermal evolution, inner core formation, and geodynamo. While geophysical c…
Active tectonics of the Eastern and Southern Alps - crustal response to deep processes?
Owing to the low N-S convergence rates between Adria and Europe, crustal deformation rates in the Alps and its forelands are low. Active tectonics are, therefore, difficult to stu…
A submesoscale cascade-driven mesoscale seasonal cycle in the subtropics
We show that the submesoscale inverse cascade almost entirely drives the mesoscale kinetic energy seasonal cycle in the interior subtropical gyre. Using a coarse-graining framewor…
Tropical cyclones drive enhanced inorganic iodine in the mid-latitude upper troposphere
Halogens deplete tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, but the role of iodine is still elusive. Atmospheric iodine mainly originates from marine inorganic (I 2 , HOI) and organic …
AMOC Weakening Shapes Ocean Heat Storage Patterns under Strong Idealized Warming
The ocean absorbs most of the excess heat induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Among the different processes, a key role has been attributed to the Atlantic Meridion…
Convection injects labile particulate organic carbon to the deep ocean
Vertical export of particulate organic carbon (POC) is central to the oceanic carbon cycle, yet the role of physical injection processes and their interannual variability remain p…
Poroelastic Bulk Controls on Shear Localization in Fault Gouge During Earthquake Rupture: Insights from a Hybrid Numeri…
Seismic ruptures that extend over kilometers along faults originate in shear zones only millimeters thick. We present a hybrid numerical framework coupling the spectral boundary i…
Impacts of Temperature-and Stress-Dependent Rheology on Ice-Shelf-Front Bending
Classical treatments of ice-shelf bending suggest that shelf fronts should bend downwards, due to the distribution of hydrostatic water pressure at the front. However, lidar data …
Evidence of Synoptic Cross-shelf Pathways of Mid-depth Salinity Maximum Intrusions in the South Brazil Bight
Cross-shelf exchanges play a crucial role in distributing heat, salt, pollutants, and biogeochemical properties between the continental shelf and the open ocean. Among the process…
Eastern Pacific Corals Track Robust ENSO Variability and Stronger La Niña Events 4,100 Years Before Present
The interannual El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) triggers extreme climate events worldwide. Geochemical proxies in coral skeletons from the eastern equatorial Pacific (EP) trac…
Geophysical Evidence and Forward-Inverse Modelling of the Shiva Impact Structure, Offshore Mumbai
This paper explores the concept of a massive impact structure off the Mumbai coast, often referred to as the “Shiva Crater.” Although there is considerable debate about its origin…
Modeling the Distribution, Impacts, and Mitigation of Anthropogenic Heat in Los Angeles
Anthropogenic heat emissions from human energy consumption contribute to the urban heat island (UHI) effect, yet their spatiotemporal distributions and impacts remain uncertain. I…
Assessing Decline in Deep Percolation Potential and Identifying Flood Recharge Opportunity in a Santa Cruz Basin
To support decision-making processes aimed at mitigating flood impacts and groundwater depletion, this study aims to quantify the potential recharge effects of riparian restoratio…
Snow depth on Arctic sea ice retrieval using a synergy of Sentinel-3's active and passive microwave instruments
Snow depth remains one of the largest sources of uncertainty in satellite-derived sea ice thickness (SIT). Here, we introduce the novel Nadir Radiometer and Radar Synergy (NaRRS) …
Redefining Vulnerability Through Personal and Household Characteristics
While prior research identifies vulnerability based on sociodemographic census data, individual characteristics as drivers of food access inequity and reliance on external assista…
Observed Sc and Cu cloud variability and their dependency to environmental factors
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Integrating Atmospheric Physics and Spatiotemporal Machine Learning to Project Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Health Risks…
The catastrophic Canadian wildfire seasons of 2024-2025, including the devastating Jasper fire, underscore the escalating public health risk from wildfire smoke. Toronto and other…
Design, Build, Deploy: CU GeoData’s Lower-Cost Sensor Network as a Blueprint for Undergraduate Engagement with Science …
Sensor networks and low-cost field instrumentation have been utilized to increase data accessibility and study local environments. However, little work has been done on leveraging…
Combining statistical and machine learning approaches to delineate geothermal potential in the Great Basin, Nevada
Improved methods for geothermal exploration can be a game-changer for the industry. Characterizing a prospective geothermal reservoir using geoscientific datasets is challenging d…
Unravelling the spatial variability of fossil coral reef morphology on Aruba and the implications for paleo sea level e…
The morphology of a coral reef terrace is a key parameter in the interpretation and quantification of past sea-level changes, but it is directly influenced by local morphodynamic …
Evaluating hydrogen displacement in sandstones: a comparative study of pore-network modelling and pore-scale visualisat…
Underground hydrogen storage in porous formations is a promising solution for large-scale energy storage. Understanding hydrogen flow and trapping at the pore-scale is crucial for…
Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Induced by Secondary Gravity Waves Associated with Record-Breaking Heav…
From August 11th, 2021, humid air flowed into Kyushu, the western part of Japan’s main islands, intensifying a stationary front and leading to record-breaking precipitation. Aroun…
Pinpointing High-Yield Climate Windows via a Satellite-Powered RF-GDM Framework for Four Staple Crops
Global climate change is amplifying droughts, floods, and temperature extremes, threatening the productivity of the world’s most important staple crops. To support climate-resilie…
Characterizing the Vertical Wind Profile at a Forested Mountain Site for Potential Wind Energy Applications
The assessment of wind energy potential in mountainous regions (particularly over forested areas) remains a challenge due to limited observations, less well understood interaction…
Geomorphological Analysis of Martian Chloride Salt-Bearing Deposits
Remote sensing data have identified numerous chloride salt-bearing deposits across the Martian southern highlands. Due to the high solubility of chloride salts, these deposits may…
Real-Time Flash-Flood Prediction Using GNSS Water Vapor Observations and Deep Learning
Extreme hydrometeorological events replenish water resources but can also trigger catastrophic flash floods, infrastructure damage, and loss of life. In California, landfalling at…
Reconciling Coupled Thermal-Water Evolution Models of Earth with Observations through Variable Regassing Efficiency
Reconciling Earth’s thermal evolution with geochemical observations remains a fundamental challenge, as parameterized convection models predict high present-day Urey ratios incons…
Synthesis, Calibration and Aqueous-Processing of Limonene β-Hydroxyhydroperoxides
Limonene is a monoterpene emitted by vegetation and a common ingredient in consumer products. It plays a significant role in atmospheric chemistry due to its high reactivity with …
CaMa-Flood-GPU: A GPU-based hydrodynamic model implementation for scalable global simulations
Floods are among the costliest natural hazards, demanding scalable models to simulate river and floodplain dynamics at a global scale. The Catchment-based Macro-scale Floodplain (…
Geochemical Response of Sulfate-Rich Expansive Soils Treated with Light-Burned Magnesium Oxide (MgO)
A major drawback of sulfate-rich expansive soils is the potential for post-construction heave in pavements when treated with calcium-based stabilizers. The chemical interaction …
Thermospheric Energy and Heating Due to Upward Propagating and In Situ Generated Tides During Solar Cycle 24
We investigate vertical and horizontal energy transport and associated heating in the thermosphere due to both upward propagating and in situ generated migrating and nonmigratin…
Hydrologic Connectivity-Based Descriptors for Capturing Spatial Heterogeneity in Large-Sample Hydrologic Modeling
Lumped basin representations are a cornerstone of hydrologic modeling, supporting applications ranging from regional prediction in ungauged basins (PUBs) to conceptual and semi-di…
Regional uncertainty in future cold extremes in North America
North America has experienced high-impact cold air outbreak (CAO) events in recent decades despite a winter warming trend. Many studies agree CAOs will eventually become weaker an…
Remote Sensing to Predict Climate-Sensitive Pathogens: a Review
Climate-sensitive infectious pathogens native to the aquatic environment require determination of hydrological and ecological conditions that support their growth and proliferatio…
Coral Reefs in the Indonesian Seas Threatened by Heat and Cold Stress
Heat accumulation and rising sea surface temperatures (SST) are currently major stressors for coral reefs worldwide. Coral reefs are also impacted by cool SST anomalies, although …
Tsunami traveling ionospheric disturbances triggered by the 29 July 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka Earthquake observed in Japan …
The 29 July 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake generated notable seismic and tsunami waves. The total electron content (TEC) derived by more than 1,400 ground-based GNSS receiving s…
Surface Energy Partitioning Biases in Major Reanalyses Revealed by Soil Moisture Drying Dynamics
Identifying the flux partition regimes between soil moisture (SM) and evaporative fraction (EF, ratio of evapotranspiration to available energy) are important for understanding th…
Tracking Drought Over Time from Remote Sensing Data: A Comparative Index-Based Study in Bundelkhand Region, India
Drought is intensifying at an accelerating rate across India, posing serious challenges to human populations and socio-economic development. This underscores the critical need for…
Influence of emission inventories and secondary organic aerosol chemistry on simulated fine particulate matter over the…
Accurately modeling ambient fine particulate matter (diameter <2.5 microns, PM2.5) is crucial to air quality management. We evaluate how uncertainties in biomass burning (BB) emis…
Mixed layer depth in the PMIP4 midHolocene simulations: comparison to new proxy data in North Atlantic deep convection …
The ocean mixed layer plays an important role in the climate system as it regulates energy fluxes at the ocean-atmosphere interface. Its representation in climate models is thus c…
Robust Filtering of Space-Borne Laser Altimetry for Tides Derivation
The Love number $h_2$ is a crucial parameter for understanding the interior structure and rheology of Mercury. However, its estimation is challenging due to the presence of Cauchy…
Robust Clustering of Ambient Noise Correlations Using Symmetric Variational Autoencoders for Enhanced Surface-Wave Imag…
The theory of passive seismic interferometry proposes the extraction of coherent subsurface response by cross-correlating ambient noise recordings and stacking them over time. Thi…
An AI Emulator of Holton-Mass Stochastic Sudden Stratospheric Warming with Faithful Dynamical Representation and an Int…
Extreme climate events like sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are rare yet impactful, posing significant modeling challenges due to their infrequent occurrence in historical da…
Data-based estimates of ocean carbon uptake biased high from neglect of submonthly atmospheric pressure variability
Current estimates of the global ocean carbon sink based on measurements of CO2 fugacity are inconsistent with those obtained from global ocean biogeochemistry models. Here we inve…
Disentangling compound stress preceding a harmful algal bloom in a lowland river
Multiple stressors can interact across temporal and spatial scales to gradually destabilize freshwater ecosystems by increasing their sensitivity to extreme events. Using two deca…
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