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Keystone Pipeline Spills 9,120 Barrels of Oil in Dakota Wetlands

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 November 201918 May 2022

The leak took place along a preexisting section of the Keystone Pipeline. This is the pipeline’s fourth spill in 9 years.

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Drones Capture Iceland’s Shrinking Glaciers

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 8 November 201911 January 2022

Photographs of Iceland’s southern glaciers show pools of water where walls of ice once stood.

A person applies manure to an agricultural field in winter, with cattle in distance.
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Manure Happens: The Environmental Toll of Livestock Antibiotics

Laura Poppick, freelance science writer by L. Poppick 8 November 201915 October 2021

New findings suggest antibiotics in cow manure can alter soil microbial activity, with implications for soil fertility and carbon emissions.

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Recommended: Science Journalism, Science Princesses, and Wine

by AGU 7 November 2019

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

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Nicholas Constantinos Matalas (1930–2019)

by R. M. Vogel, J. R. Stedinger and J. M. Landwehr 7 November 20191 March 2023

A modest giant in the field of stochastic hydrology.

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Road Dust: A Health Hazard Hidden in Plain Sight

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 7 November 201927 August 2025

Legacy heavy metals from past industrial activity combine with traffic paint; asphalt; and bits of tires, brakes, and car parts to create toxic dust on our roadways.

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Asbestos Fibers Thread Through Rocks and Dust Outside Vegas

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 6 November 20199 September 2024

Scientists found natural asbestos minerals in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. The health implications aren’t clear, nor are the impacts on development.

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How Do Submarine and Terrestrial Canyons Compare?

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 6 November 201929 June 2022

Insights from a new study could spark discoveries about Martian landscapes and also help researchers get to the bottom of canyon formation here on Earth.

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Arid Arabian Peninsula Is Tapping into Vast Groundwater Reserves

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 5 November 201925 August 2022

A new, multipronged study sheds light on an ancient aquifer system.

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We Have Broken Nature into More Than 990,000 Little Pieces

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 5 November 201918 October 2021

Habitat fragmentation is splintering undeveloped areas on Earth.

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