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Here’s What Your Favorite Ski Resort May Look Like in 2085

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 9 January 202028 October 2022

Ski seasons at many of North America’s western resorts might melt away by 2085 because of warming temperatures.

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Rare Earthquake Swarm Strikes Puerto Rico

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 January 20208 December 2022

Puerto Rico hasn’t seen this many strong quakes in a single sequence since seismic monitoring began 46 years ago. The last earthquake to damage the island this badly occurred in 1918.

Image of the cratered lunar surface, centered on Mare Orientale, a multiringed crater that resembles a bull’s-eye
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Rolling Rocks Reveal Recent Moonquakes

by Jack Lee 8 January 202018 December 2023

Using satellite images of the lunar surface, scientists find trails left by boulders shaken loose by seismic activity.

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The Ice Giant Spacecraft of Our Dreams

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 January 20203 December 2021

Scientists imagined some innovative technologies that could enhance a future mission to Uranus or Neptune.

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Body-Based Jargon Can Be Harassment When It Turns Sexual

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 January 202021 March 2023

Geology terms based on the human body are extremely common, but they can create a culture where sexualized language in the workplace, a type of harassment, is rampant.

Orange and red shading on map denotes higher levels of nitrogen oxide clusters around lignite power plants in Germany.
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Pinpointing Emission Sources from Space

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 2 January 202014 March 2023

Satellite data combined with wind models bring scientists one step closer to being able to monitor air pollution from space.

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Ancient Assyrian Aurorae Help Astronomers Understand Solar Activity

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 31 December 20197 September 2022

Records of aurorae in Mesopotamia from 2,600 years ago are helping astronomers understand and predict solar activity today.

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Pre-Inca Canal System Uses Hillsides as Sponges to Store Water

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 30 December 201915 October 2021

To prepare for a drier future on Peru’s western coast, researchers are turning to techniques of the past.

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Bikini Seafloor Hides Evidence of Nuclear Explosions

by A. Heidt 27 December 20195 October 2021

Seafloor mapping has revealed a crater and several shipwrecks persisting 73 years after the world’s first underwater nuclear test.

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What Do You Get When You Cross a Thunderstorm with a Wildfire?

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 December 201914 March 2023

Lightning, fire vortices, and black hail are some of the frightening features of fire-fueled storms, which may become more common in the future.

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