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Tracing long-term changes in Rocky Mountain climate, water, and ecosystems

Tracing long-term changes in Rocky Mountain climate, water, and ecosystems

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Climate models: applications to understand past climates and climate change

Climate models: applications to understand past climates and climate change

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana

Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Urbanization can switch floodplain wetland soils from a sink to a source of greenhouse gases

Urbanization can switch floodplain wetland soils from a sink to a source of greenhouse gases

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Las Vegas Holds Key to Abrupt Climate Change

Las Vegas Holds Key to Abrupt Climate Change

According to new U.S. Geological Survey research springs and marshes in the desert outside Las Vegas expanded and contracted dramatically in response...
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EarthWord: Anthropogenic

EarthWord: Anthropogenic

Scientists use the word “anthropogenic” in referring to environmental change caused or influenced by people, either directly or indirectly.
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Global Vulnerability of Forests to Climate Change-Related Tree Mortality is Widely Underestimated

Global Vulnerability of Forests to Climate Change-Related Tree Mortality is Widely Underestimated

BALTIMORE -- Forests worldwide are vulnerable to growing risks of drought- and heat-induced tree mortality and forest die-off because of a rapidly...

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A global assessment of tree carbon accumulation rates

A global assessment of tree carbon accumulation rates

This article is part of the Spring 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Tracing water supply to climate patterns

Tracing water supply to climate patterns

This article is part of the Spring 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Land-use changes in the Prairie Pothole Region result in significant amphibian habitat losses

Land-use changes in the Prairie Pothole Region result in significant amphibian habitat losses

This article is part of the Spring 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases

Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases

This article is part of the Spring 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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