Altered Forecasts and Threatened Firings at the National Weather Service.
President @realDonaldTrump gives an update on Hurricane #Dorian: pic.twitter.com/CmxAXHY5AO
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 4, 2019
Of all the bizarre news cycles we’ve been through recently, the president doctoring a hurricane forecast map—and the false claims, pressured scientists, and threats that followed—is one of the strangest, and certainly one of the most dangerous to our trust in experts during times of crises. Three former NOAA chief administrators—D. James Baker, Kathryn Sullivan, and Jane Lubchenco—aren’t standing idly by while scientific integrity gets hammered.
—Heather Goss, Editor in Chief
Geologists Uncover History of Lost Continent Buried Beneath Europe. Although Atlantis is a myth, Earth apparently does have a history of swallowing up landmasses; scientists have painstakingly compiled evidence of a lost continent, Greater Adria, beneath Europe.
—Tshawna Byerly, Copy Editor
We’re Barely Listening to the U.S.’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes.
The lack of adequate monitoring on many of the most potentially hazardous volcanoes in the United States is staggering, especially compared with how countries like Chile and Japan, which face similar dangers, “smother their high-threat volcanoes in scientific instruments.” This is an important and thought-provoking piece about efforts to address this inadequacy—and the somewhat surprising resistance that could still stymie these efforts.
—Timothy Oleson, Science Editor
Seven of the 10 most dangerous volcanoes in the United States are part of the Cascade Range, and six of those are not adequately monitored. The article gives you lingering, troubling thoughts about the demographics defining public safety and conservation policies and on what we have and have not learned from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
—Caryl-Sue, Managing Editor
Last Day of the Dinosaurs’ Reign Captured in Stunning Detail. A gripping account of the day the dinosaurs died. I’m a big fan of Maya Wei-Haas’s writing here, especially her description of the “nightmarish sequence of events” that followed the big asteroid strike.
—Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer
The most ambitious crossover announcement in space?@NASAInSight just named “@RollingStones Rock” on Mars in honor of the band. Watch @RobertDowneyJr announce the @NASA news live on stage at the Rose Bowl ahead of tonight’s concert. https://t.co/868Gbervw1 #MarsRocks pic.twitter.com/xETMzS0H9y
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) August 23, 2019
This ambitious stone rolled superfar on Mars, so NASA’s InSight lander named it Rolling Stones Rock…and got an entire stadium of Rolling Stones fans and RDJ to cheer for it.
—Kimberly Cartier, Staff Writer
Ages for the Navajo Sandstone.
The petrified sand dunes in Utah are older than we knew!
—Liz Castenson, Editorial and Production Coordinator
A Mountain Top Called “Little Man” Falls in Norway, and Residents Weep.
Read this emotional tale of a community waiting for a landslide that geologists predicted would sweep away their town.
—Heather Goss, Editor in Chief
Nuclear Bomb or Earthquake? Explosions Reveal the Differences.
This quirky experiment sounds like a blast.
—Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer
Swoop down and skim above Jupiter’s clouds with this 2018 flyby video from the Juno mission. The swirling storms are so beautiful!
—Kimberly Cartier, Staff Writer
Citation:
(2019), Altered forecasts, unmonitored volcanoes, and other good reads, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO132845. Published on 12 September 2019.
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