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The varied topography of the Western United States—a patchwork of valleys and mountains, basins and plateaus—results in minutely localized weather.

Kevin Perry, an Atmospheric Sciences Professor at the University of Utah, has mapped the entirety of the Great Salt Lake’s dust hotspots.

Towering structures must be able to bend and sway when subjected to the forces of wind and ground movement, or they will topple, whether it’s a building, a geological formation, tree—or even a cactus.

New research led by U geoscientist shows O₂ in sulfate deposits, coupled with geochemical clues, could help identify microbial activity in Earth’s rock record and even in Martian sediments

In mid-September of this year, even before thunderstorms over the Pacific Ocean began to significantly build, experimental forecasts at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) showed the emerging weather system intensifying into Super Typhoon Ragasa. With 165-mile-per-hour winds it was the most powerful storm on Earth so far this year.