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Finding Faces in Hailstorms

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 13 September 20198 March 2022

Machine learning technology helps scientists recognize severe weather patterns.

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How Volcanic Mountains Cool the Climate

Laura Poppick, freelance science writer by L. Poppick 13 September 20197 October 2021

Though coastal plutons spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they form, they also pull some of those gases back out of the atmosphere as they break down over time.

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House Passes Measure to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by Randy Showstack 12 September 201927 March 2023

The measure, which would repeal an oil and gas development program in the refuge, now needs to pass the Senate, where there is stiff opposition.

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Is Chicago Water Pollution Halting a Silver Carp Invasion?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 September 201918 October 2021

Pollution is definitely not the solution to stopping invasive silver carp, researchers assert. But cleaner waters could affect the invasion front.

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Solar Spike Suggests a More Active Sun

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 12 September 201913 October 2021

Radio waves are providing a new way to probe the Sun and suggest that the magnetic field of its corona may be stronger than long thought.

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Altered Forecasts, Unmonitored Volcanoes, and Other Good Reads

by AGU 12 September 2019

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

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Water Found in Small, Habitable Zone Planet’s Atmosphere

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 September 201920 December 2022

K2-18b is warm, has an atmosphere, and has water vapor. But it’s no Earth 2.0.

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Will Cigarette Butts Be Our Environmental Legacy?

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 11 September 20193 November 2021

People litter them by the trillions—but how long will butts last through the ages?

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NOAA’s Acting Head Addresses Storm over Dorian Forecasts

by Randy Showstack 10 September 201910 January 2022

Neil Jacobs said that the Trump administration is committed to the important mission of weather forecasting, while also stating that the weather service team has his and the department’s full support.

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Our Seismic Solar System

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 September 201917 June 2022

Earth’s not the only thing that shakes and quakes and goes around the Sun. Not by a long shot.

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