30 December 2011

• Cassini data shows Saturn moon may affect planet's magnetosphere
• Using Loch Ness to track the tilt of the world
• Alaskan lake bed cores show expanding Arctic shrubs may slow erosion
• Evaluating the energy balance of Saturn's moon Titan
• A new way to measure Earth's magnetosphere
• Waves triggered by lightning leak out of Earth's atmosphere

22 December 2011

• When will Antarctic ozone begin to recover?
• Preventing coral bleaching, one hurricane at a time
• Gravity's effect on landslides: A strike against Martian water
• Estimating the destruction caused by remote rockslides
• Continued volcanic activity causes ground uplift in Oregon Cascades
• Microseismicity could provide clues to sea ice

30 November 2011

• Intensifying Pacific trade winds drive regional sea level trends
• Freshwater floods move salt into arid-region aquifers
• Forest carbon uptake recovers from modest tree losses
• Intensively farmed regions impact groundwater nitrate pollution
• Wetlands are dominant summer methane source in Arctic
• New complexities in ice stream flow behavior
• How did Martian polar gullies form?

15 November 2011

• Winds drive dune movement on Mars
• Amazon lakes release more carbon dioxide than previously thought
• Post-fire debris flows occur quickly after rainfall starts
• Reassessing satellite-observed color as clue to ocean's biological activity
• Fractures on curved rocks: A classic problem solved

31 October 2011

• Clouds not an important control of short-term surface temperatures
• More evidence of seismic lull before some large quakes
• Heat played key role in Amazon droughts
• Observations improve understanding of the heliosphere
• New detail on auroras

18 October 2011

• Arctic ice is thinning and drifting faster than estimated by models
• Changing climate increases algae and plankton in the Arctic
• Tracking contributors to sea-level rise
• Lakes an important source of carbon emissions
• Climate model's historical accuracy no guarantee of future success
• Earthquake visualization shows ground motion in real time

30 September 2011

• Moon's shadow, like a ship, creates waves
• Groundwater depletion's contribution to increase in sea level rise
• An atmospheric precursor to the recent Japan megaquake
• Peatland images show change due to global warming
• Shells of microorganisms record seasonal temperature changes
• Using an artificial brain to interpret Adriatic surface currents

20 September 2011

• Study suggests Arctic sea ice loss is not irreversible
• Radiation hazards likely to rise for spacefarers, air travelers
• Earthquake-generated landslides are an important control of riverbed erosion
• Arctic air may become cleaner as temperatures rise
• Reefs may have triggered a bout of global cooling
• Ultraviolet solar irradiance was low during recent solar minimum
• Geomagnetic storms may harm satellites nearer Earth than was thought
• Observing changes in atmospheric heat content

31 August 2011

• Was ocean acidification responsible for history's greatest extinction?
• Reforesting northern farmland can have a cooling effect
• Dikes provide insight into early history of Mars
• Exploring the effects of climate change on carbon stored in northern soil
• Magnetic field data suggest thin atmosphere on Saturn's moon Dione
• Ultraviolet and infrared observations of Saturn's aurora

18 August 2011

• Slowly but steadily, a stormier Europe
• Martian soil oxidizing properties not too extreme for life
• Global cyclone activity historically low
• Heat-driven expansion not a major source of sea level rise
• Bedrock cracks affect landslide susceptibility
• Sources and sinks of methane in an African lake
• First map of sea ice production in Arctic coastal areas

29 July 2011

• What do sea measurements reveal about Earth's temperature trend?
• Japan's big earthquake shook the ionosphere
• Miniature detector measures deep space radiation
• New data refine the travels of ancient supercontinent
• Agricultural drainage affects export of dissolved organic carbon
• Magnetic behavior changes identified in natural rock formations
• The effect of sediment on mountain river erosion
• New watershed classification to make use of high-resolution data

15 July 2011

• Model gives 3-month warning of fire-prone season in Amazon forest
• Episodic tremor triggers small earthquakes
• Melting glaciers can change Earth's gravity field
• Model determines likelihood of freak waves
• Tremor activity changes following two San Andreas Fault earthquakes
• Droughts in Amazon forest increasing
• Ocean floor faulting explains differences in Central American lavas
• Ozone hole might affect Great Ocean Conveyor
• Chlorine radicals measured in Eyjafjallajökull volcanic plume
• High-detail snapshots of rare gigantic jet lightning to the ionosphere

23 June 2011

• Estimating climate effects of contrails
• Did Aboriginal forest burning affect Australian summer monsoon?
• Determining the trigger of East Asian dust storms
• El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability persisted in warmer world
• Constraining the trigger for ancient warming episode
• First satellite measurements of elusive sulfur compound in a volcanic plume
• Next generation atmospheric model improves hurricane forecasting
• Theorized magnetic plasma behavior demonstrated in lab

15 June 2011

• How yearly cholera outbreaks propagate in the Bengal Delta
• Surge in North Atlantic hurricanes due to better detectors, not climate change
• Potential for Atlantic current collapse hinted by complex global circulation model
• Formation of Indonesian Archipelago destroyed Australian rainforests
• Air loss may play role in lowering of an Antarctic ice shelf
• First satellite measurements of elusive sulfur compound in a volcanic plume
• Different patterns but same El Niño, study suggests
• What triggers Canary Current's seasonal drift?
• Proposed NASA mission could detect climate effects, simulation indicates

31 May 2011

• Analyzing subsurface oil and gas intrusions from Gulf spill
• Cold snaps still a threat despite global warming
• Part of Gulf of Mexico became greener after oil spill
• Tundra sites show no carbon uptake rise from early Arctic melt
• Tropical air flows, rain in flux - global warming likely factor
• Ice sheet collapse affects ocean circulation
• Mapping mayhem where Sun's magnetic influence wanes
• Study examines trading of 'virtual water' in food
• Modeling monthlong slow-slip earthquakes
• Improving model estimates of plants' carbon use
• New ice core record of atmospheric methane
• Understanding regional Arctic temperature patterns
• Investigating agricultural chemical transport in a watershed
• Calculating specific catchment area

27 April 2011

• Could the cold winter of 2009–2010 have been predicted?
• Coastal cooling and marine productivity increasing off Peru
• Lightning radio-wave pattern tied to gamma ray flashes
• Analyzing peat's ability to trap methane bubbles
• Probe of influential Greenland current finds no trend
• Radar maps ocean motion off U.S. West Coast
• Aircraft used to measure oil evaporation in Gulf
• Amazon region became less green due to 2010 drought

13 April 2011

• Little Ice Age resulted from more than just solar calm
• Glacial dust carries iron to the Gulf of Alaska
• Model suggests how to end Haitian cholera epidemic
• Deadly 2010 Russian heat wave: Not from climate change
• Cause of 2010 Russian heat wave was largely predictable

5 April 2011

• New study says 2 degrees Celsius warming may be unavoidable by 2100
• Icelandic volcano exonerated for harsh winter of 1783–1784
• Droughts and floods becoming more common in northern Australia
• Improved model reproduces deadly European heat wave
• Tree ring record chronicles major pre-Hispanic droughts in Mesoamerica
• Antarctic and Greenland ice sheet melting accelerating

17 March 2011

• Huge ocean "Frisbees™" spin off Brazil's coast
• Martian weather report: ice and fog near surface
• Auroral radio wave emissions reach ground level
• Stratospheric water vapor increase at Colorado site
• What can opals tell us about past climate?
• The rains that flooded Pakistan could have been predicted

07 March 2011

• California rapidly depleting Central Valley groundwater
• Corals expand poleward as seas warm
• Sediments suggest El Niño variability persists with warming
• Assessing coral reef health
• New way to forecast hurricane surge

09 February 2011

• No tipping point for Arctic Ocean ice, study says
• Using microearthquakes to evaluate potential carbon sequestration sites
• Observing flares from Jupiter's aurora
• Change in atmospheric patterns behind Arctic sea ice summer 2010 low
• Antarctic ice sheet melting would affect sea ice margin, marine food chain
• Simulating ocean carbon storage during the Last Glacial Maximum

27 January 2011

• China's lakes changed dramatically in recent decades
• Climate commitment in an uncertain world
• New satellite data improve estimates of ocean circulation
• Reversals in Saturn's polar radio emissions
• Modeling an asteroid's giant impact crater
• Tectonic plates relocked after 2005 earthquake in northeastern Japan
• Links to rivers affect Arctic lake habitat diversity in Canada
• More accurate measurements of solar energy reaching Earth

13 January 2011

• Spooky action at a distance, for earthquakes
• Evidence for water ice near the Martian equator
• Extraordinary uplift of Yellowstone caldera
• New evidence could let supereruption off the hook
• Auroral oscillations seen on Saturn
• How much sea-level rise can coastal marshes withstand?
• Rain affects carbon-dioxide flow between sky and sea
• Ionosphere model overshoots during solar minimum