What is a Snow Devil?
Miniature vortexes of wind can stir up snow in a formation known as a snow devil.
Voyant: Online Text Analysis Tool
Voyant is an online text analysis tool that allows users to enter one or more URLs, a block of text, or a set of text documents, and see the results of terminology used.
Mapping the Network of the Roman World
ORBIS is a mapping project developed by researchers at Stanford that reconstructs the financial and spatial challenges of transporting goods and people during Roman times about 200 CE.
What is a Polynya?
Polynya is an oceanography term borrowed from the Russian (полынья) to refer to an open body of water surrounded by ice.
The World’s Highest Concentration of Hoodoos
Hoodoos are tall, thin rock spires that occur all around the world.
Looking at Centuries of California’s Climate to Understand Fire Risk
Using climate models and centuries of paleoclimate data (between 1571 to 2013), researchers looked at moisture patterns and atmospheric wind conditions to assess future fire danger in California.
Researchers Estimate Triples the Number of People Affected by Sea Level Rise
New estimates from Climate Central estimate that 340 million to 480 million people would be affected by flooding in coastal areas due to sea level rise.
Fastest Thinning Glacier
Hielo Patagónico Sur 12 (HPS-12) in Patagonia is believed to be the fastest thinning glacier in the world.
Earliest Published Research Linking Carbon Dioxide with Global Warming
163 years ago, Eunice Newton Foote was the first scientist to research the link between increased carbon dioxide and a warmer atmosphere.
First High Resolution Map of the U.S. Food Supply Chain
A team of researchers used data from several federal sources and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to produce the first high resolution map of how food moves around the United States.
This Lake is Home to the Highest Concentrations of Lesser Flamingos in East Africa
The protective salt marshes that ring Lake Natron in Tanzania have nurtured the highest concentrations of lesser and greater flamingos in East Africa.