Earth and Environment - Earth Sciences
By Susanne Filzwieser - The honeycomb patterns which are often found in salt deserts in Death Valley and Bolivia, among other places, look like something from another world. Researchers, including those from TU Graz, explain the origin of the mysterious patterns for the first time. Honeycomb patterns form in salt deserts all over the world, for example in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley in California or in the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.
The interference of climate change with the planet's water cycle is a well established fact. New analyses suggest that in many places, runoff responds more sensitively than previously assumed.
By Falko Schoklitsch - Europe lacks groundwater - a lot of groundwater. The continent has already been suffering from a severe drought since 2018.
