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Podcast: Night of the Killer Smog

by Lauren Lipuma 24 June 20197 February 2024

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two air quality disasters that served as catalysts for clean air regulations in the mid-20th century.

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Microbes Spotted in “Polyextreme” Hot Springs

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 June 20194 January 2023

Hot springs that are as acidic as battery acid are home to single-celled microorganisms that may indicate that life could have been sustained on ancient Mars.

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Ultraprecise Clock Will Facilitate Space Exploration

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 June 20195 July 2022

NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, slated to launch later this month for a demonstration flight, will help spacecraft more efficiently navigate the solar system.

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Planetary Low Tide May Force Regular Sunspot Sync Ups

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 June 201927 March 2023

A regular alignment of the planets—no, it’s not pseudoscience—makes a strong enough tug to regulate the Sun’s 11- and 22-year cycles.

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House Science Committee Approves Bill to Stop Sexual Harassment

by Randy Showstack 20 June 201910 May 2022

The bill would expand research into sexual and gender harassment and how to reduce it and coordinate federal science agency efforts.

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Senator Urges Ending Dark Money’s Stifling of Climate Action

by Randy Showstack 20 June 201921 December 2022

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says that dark money funding from the fossil fuel industry and others “has polluted our politics.” Dark money and climate denial “are two sides of the same coin,” he says.

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Spy Satellite Reveals Accelerated Pace of Himalayan Glacier Melt

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 19 June 20194 April 2023

Images taken covertly in the 1970s have taken on a new purpose in a recent glaciology study.

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Banned CFC Emissions Tracked to Eastern China

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 19 June 20193 June 2024

A new study indicates that better atmospheric monitoring networks are needed to enforce the Montreal Protocol.

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Ancient Water Underlies Arid Egypt

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 18 June 20196 February 2023

A hidden trove of groundwater is left over from the last ice age.

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Ceramics Trace a 14th Century Indonesian Tsunami

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 June 201916 March 2022

Archaeological evidence suggests that communities on the northern coast of Sumatra devastated by a tsunami roughly 600 years ago opted to rebuild in the same area, a process repeated in 2004.

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