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Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data

by Randy Showstack 20 August 20196 December 2021

Ricardo Galvão was fired from the institute that monitors deforestation in the Amazon. Now he and other scientists are speaking out against attacks on science.

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Wind-Triggered Ground Shaking Masks Microseismicity

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 20 August 201913 January 2022

Ground motion caused by gusts of wind can drown out signals from the smallest earthquakes, potentially confusing earthquake detection algorithms.

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Nearest Star System May Have a Second Planet

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 August 20193 April 2023

The exoplanet candidate, tentatively named Proxima c, would be a frozen snowball.

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Podcast: Space Weather and Global Policy

by S. M. Hanlon 19 August 201928 February 2023

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun talks space weather and its influence on global policy with Delores Knipp.

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Sinking Wastewater Triggers Deeper, Stronger Earthquakes

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 16 August 201916 February 2022

The effects of pumping wastewater from oil and gas extractions may last a decade or more after the injections stop.

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Smokey Bear, Fake Volcanoes, and Other Things We’re Reading

by AGU 15 August 20193 April 2023

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

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Microbes Spotted on Blades of Ice High in the Andes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 15 August 201912 April 2022

Researchers discover microbial life on ice spires known as penitentes on the arid, sunlight-blasted upper reaches of Llullaillaco, one of the best earthly analogues for Mars.

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 14 August 201921 December 2022

The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.

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Earthquakes Shake Up Groundwater Systems

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 13 August 201911 May 2022

Increased permeability temporarily boosts water flow.

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Moon Sheds Light on Early Solar Spin

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 13 August 20197 March 2022

Lunar samples reveal that the Sun spun relatively slowly in its first billion years and blasted the Earth and Moon with coronal mass ejections.

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