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The lower part of Bear Glacier, Alaska, tripled in velocity in 2019, a phenomenon largely attributable to an ice-dammed lake suddenly draining through it.

Redefining “Glacial Pace”

by Damond Benningfield 24 April 202324 April 2023

As Earth’s climate warms, glaciers and ice sheets are retreating, cracking, and adding to sea level rise at record speeds.

Aerial view of a large part of a city showing numerous buildings collapsed into rubble piles amid many other buildings that are still standing.

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A Common Language for Reporting Earthquake Intensities

by David J. Wald, Sabine Loos, Robin Spence, Tatiana Goded and Ayse Hortacsu 21 April 202324 August 2023

Scientists are working together to establish a standardized international scale for measuring and reporting the intensities and impacts of earthquake shaking.

In this composite image of the Tarantula Nebula, the blue and purple patches represent X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the red and orange gas clouds, which look like roiling fire, represent infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Deluges of Data Are Changing Astronomical Science

by Katherine Kornei 27 March 202329 March 2023

Astronomers today are more likely than ever to access data from an archive rather than travel to a telescope—a shift that’s democratizing science.

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Welcome to a New Era in Geosciences Data Management

by Saima May Sidik 27 March 202327 March 2023

Database Updates In the waning days of August 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 30 trillion gallons of water on Texas’s Gulf Coast. At least 68 people died. Hundreds of thousands of structures were flooded, and tens of thousands of people had to leave their homes. All told, the storm inflicted $125 billion in damages. […]

Las coloridas ilustraciones simbólicas de la ciencia, como planetas , vasos de precipitados, átomos y lupas, están dispuestas para formar la forma de América Central y del Sur sobre un fondo púrpura.

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Aumentando la visibilidad de la ciencia latinoamericana

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202311 September 2023

Científicos y revistas latinoamericanas están fortaleciendo los sistemas de investigación, evaluación, publicación y comunicación para ayudar a redefinir las ideas sobre el éxito profesional, las cuales han sido determinadas principalmente por el Norte Global.

Ilustrações coloridas típicas de ciência, como planetas com um anel, copos, átomos e lentes de aumento, organizadas na forma da América Central e do Sul sobre um fundo roxo.

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Aumentando a Visibilidade da Ciência Latino-Americana

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202320 March 2023

Cientistas e periódicos latino-americanos estão fortalecendo seus sistemas de pesquisa, avaliação, publicação e comunicação para redefinir ideias de sucesso profissional ditadas pelo Norte Global.

Colorful illustrations symbolic of science such as planets with a ring, beakers, atoms, and magnifying glasses are arranged to form the shape of Central and South America over a purple background.

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Raising the Visibility of Latin American Science

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202315 November 2023

Latin American scientists and journals are strengthening research, evaluation, publication, and communication systems to help redefine ideas of professional success that have largely been determined by the Global North.

Climate activists with community members in Cameroon

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Climate Journalism Needs Voices from the Global South

by Robin Donovan 16 March 20231 June 2023

Scientists from Africa, South America, and South Asia are more rarely consulted than their peers in the Global North. A new database aims to change that.

Personas sentadas en un auditorio, frente a un escenario.

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Estableciendo el marco para la acción climática bajo el Protocolo de Montreal

by Stephen O. Andersen, Marco Gonzalez and Nancy J. Sherman 1 March 20233 June 2024

Doce artículos fueron la base científica para la rápida acción que reforzó el tratado, el cual ya estaba salvaguardando el ozono estratosférico, para que también protegiera el clima al reducir los super contaminantes.