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Democracy and Education Increase Women’s Belief in Climate Change

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 December 202523 December 2025

The finding, which focuses on lower-income countries, could help inform plans to shrink the global climate knowledge gender gap.

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When a Prayer Is Also a Climate Signal

by Nathaniel Scharping 3 December 20253 December 2025

New research in North Africa is validating calls for communal rain prayers as a means of tracking droughts in the region.

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98% of Gaza’s Tree Cropland Destroyed by Israel

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 December 20253 December 2025

Maps based on remote sensing analysis could inform remediation efforts by identifying whether agricultural lands were damaged by bombs, debris, or forced displacement of its caretakers.

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JPL Workforce Decimated

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 14 October 202514 October 2025

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.

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Science Agencies Shuttered in Government Shutdown

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Grace van Deelen and Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 October 20251 October 2025

At 12:01 a.m. this morning, the U.S. federal government shut down. This shutdown comes after weeks of negotiations and pressure tactics failed to bring Congressional Republicans and Democrats together on a budget for the 2026 fiscal year or a continuing resolution to fund the government for a few more weeks.

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Bridging Old and New Gravity Data Adds 10 Years to Sea Level Record

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 3 September 20253 September 2025

The remarkable agreement between the two techniques shows how scientists can bolster state-of-the-art gravimetry instruments with old-guard altimetry satellites.

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FEMA Puts Dissenting Staff on Indefinite Leave

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 August 202527 August 2025

More than a dozen FEMA staff, all signatories of that Katrina Declaration, were placed on indefinite administrative leave.

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NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 August 20255 August 2025

Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions specifically designed to monitor global carbon dioxide.

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2,145 Senior-Level Staff to Leave NASA

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 July 20259 July 2025

At least 2,145 high-level NASA employees are set to leave as the agency faces high pressure from the Trump administration to reduce its staff.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed With Mass Firings

by Grace van Deelen 9 July 20259 July 2025

The Trump administration can act on its planned restructuring of the federal government, the United States Supreme Court announced in an 8 July decision.

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