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Fire and ice: The puzzling link between western wildfires and Arctic sea ice

Posted: 17 Dec 2021 07:28 AM PST

Researchers uncover the mechanics behind dwindling Arctic sea ice and its influence on wildfire weather in the western United States.

Dark fiber seismic network finds missed aftershocks in Chinese earthquake

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 10:26 AM PST

Just days after a 2020 magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Tangshan, China, researchers turned nearly 8 kilometers of unused telecom fiber optic cable into a seismic array that detected dozens of aftershocks that were missed by permanent seismic stations.