• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

News

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope
Posted inNews

Una Guerra Nuclear Podría Generar un “Niño Nuclear”

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 30 April 202016 July 2025

Una sacudida al sistema climático provista por una guerra nuclear podría provocar un fenómeno de el Niño como nunca habíamos visto.

Empty potato chip bag
Posted inNews

Tear, Don’t Cut, to Reduce Microplastics

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 29 April 202013 March 2023

Laboratory experiments reveal the numbers and types of microplastics produced by tearing, scissoring, and cutting everyday items.

Scientist takes a water sample at a river
Posted inNews

The Coronavirus Hurts Some of Science’s Most Vulnerable

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 29 April 20202 February 2022

Early-career researchers hang in the balance of coronavirus uncertainty.

Photo of a low rock jetty separating the ocean from a fish pond
Posted inNews

Groundwater Is the “Hidden Connection” Between Land and Sea

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 28 April 202030 November 2022

The importance of fresh groundwater to coastal ecosystems is revealed using the first computer model at a global scale.

Person wearing a hooded jacket and surgical mask
Posted inNews

La Contaminación del Aire Puede Empeorar la Tasa de Mortalidad por COVID-19

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 28 April 202016 July 2025

Científicos descubren que condados altamente contaminados en los Estados Unidos tendrán una tasa de mortalidad por COVID19 4.5 veces más grande que aquellos condados similares.

Satellite image of an icy ridge on Mars
Posted inNews

The Massive Ice Avalanches of Mars

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 27 April 20208 August 2022

Ice avalanches may have traveled at speeds of up to 80 meters per second.

A man lectures to a room of attentive blue-shirted students in Nepal
Posted inNews

Bringing Earthquake Education to Schools in Nepal

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 27 April 20205 April 2023

The Seismology at School in Nepal program aims to prepare rural communities for the next big earthquake.

A composite image of the Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere
Posted inNews

Eight Lessons from COVID-19 to Guide Our Climate Response

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 April 20205 November 2021

The global response to the ongoing pandemic can teach us how we should, and shouldn’t, respond to the climate crisis. And most important, it shows that we can do something.

Drillers in hardhats work on the rig floor of a research vessel.
Posted inNews

Getting to the Bottom of Slow-Motion Earthquakes

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 24 April 20202 December 2022

For close to 20 years, slow-motion earthquakes have been an enigma. Core samples provide new clues to their origins.

Looking up at a green tree canopy
Posted inNews

This Week: Green Reads for Earth Week

by AGU 24 April 202030 September 2021

What Earth and space science stories are we recommending this week?

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 173 174 175 176 177 … 327 Older posts
A view of a bridge, with the New Orleans skyline visible in the distance between the bridge and the water. A purple tint, a teal curved line representing a river, and the text “#AGU25 coverage from Eos” overlie the photo.

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Tiny Turbulent Whirls Keep the Arctic Ocean Flowing

8 December 20258 December 2025
Editors' Highlights

Changes in Slab Dip Cause Rapid Changes in Plate Motion

4 December 20258 December 2025
Editors' Vox

Hydrothermal Circulation and Its Impact on the Earth System

3 December 20253 December 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack