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Satellite image of a fire in Northern California
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New Eyes on Wildfires

Jon Kelvey, Science Writer by Jon Kelvey 30 April 20192 July 2025

Onboard machine learning and compact thermal imaging could turn satellites into real-time fire management tools to help officials on the ground.

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California Heat Waves Triggered by Pacific Thunderstorms

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 29 April 201930 March 2023

New link may offer 5-week lead time on predicting extreme heat in California’s fruit belt.

A computer simulation’s rendering of the interior of the Earth’s core showing magnetic field lines being stretched by turbulent convection.
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New Model Shines Spotlight on Geomagnetic Jerks

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 29 April 201920 December 2021

Scientists get one step closer to being able to predict jerks—notoriously capricious changes to Earth’s geomagnetic field detectable by satellites.

InSight’s seismometer deployed on Mars
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First Possible Marsquake Detected

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 April 201922 June 2022

First earthquakes, then moonquakes, now marsquakes: a robotic lander comes through with the first detection of seismic activity on Mars.

Mountains rise over a desert vista
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Earth’s Eccentric Orbit Helped Preserve Rare Soft-Tissue Fossils

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 26 April 201930 January 2023

Cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit helped to preserve rare fossils in Morocco.

Fossil fuel processing plants spewing carbon pollution into the atmosphere
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House Freshman Democrats Urge Funds for Climate Change Programs

by Randy Showstack 25 April 20194 April 2023

More than half of the newly elected Democratic representatives signed onto a letter calling for “robust funding” for U.S. climate change research programs.

Satellite image of small fires burning in agriculturally developed land
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Global Tree Cover Loss Continues but Is Down from Peak Highs

by Randy Showstack 25 April 20192 November 2021

New data show that an area of tropical tree forest cover the size of Nicaragua was lost in 2018.

A reflected-light image of the comet-containing meteorite
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Meteorite’s Hidden Treasure: A Comet

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 24 April 20194 October 2021

A fragment of a comet found hidden inside a meteorite is offering new insights into the dynamics of our young solar system.

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Titan’s Northern Lake District Has Hidden Depths

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 April 201910 March 2023

Radar and infrared data from flybys reveal new details about Titan’s northern lakes.

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Atacama’s Past Rainfall Followed Pacific Sea Temperature

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 April 20194 April 2023

This is the first paleoclimate record of precipitation near Atacama’s hyperarid core and suggests that its moisture source is different from that of the Andes.

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