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Ocean Salinity Strongly Influences Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones
Low-salinity surface waters may promote rapid intensification through hurricane-induced oceanic mixing and air-sea energy transfer.
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Looped In: A Metric for Predicting the Strength and Location of the Tropical Rain Belt
Scientists demonstrated a direct link between tropical rainfall intensity and spatial distribution of surface moist entropy.
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Machine Learning Produces Unprecedented High-Resolution Map of Global Soil Respiration
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed and continue to maintain a global database of measurements made of soil-to-atmosphere CO2 flows, termed soil respiration.
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A Pathway of Global Food Supply Adaptation in a World with Increasingly Constrained Groundwater
Small increases in irrigated and rainfed crop production across regions where water remains plentiful could help keep food shelves stocked worldwide.