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River water carrying sediment flows into the ocean.
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Sand from Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Could Bring in Business

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 21 March 20195 November 2021

The effects of climate change could fuel a new sand mining industry in Greenland.

Portrait of geophysicist Dimitri Komatitsch
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Dimitri Komatitsch (1970–2019)

by J. Tromp and S. Chevrot 20 March 20192 March 2022

Dimitri Komatitsch had a profound impact on computational seismology and embodied the notion of open-source, collaborative research.

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) are three of four cochairs of the New Democrat Coalition’s Climate Change Task Force.
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Congressional Task Force Outlines Its Approach to Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 19 March 20194 April 2023

The Green New Deal created space to talk about market-based innovation, investment, and business and defense approaches, says a cochair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Climate Change Task Force.

Trucks assemble outside an icy entrance to Camp Century in Greenland.
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Podcast: Toxic City Under the Ice

by Lauren Lipuma 18 March 201924 January 2023

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun recounts the history of a top-secret military project with unintended environmental consequences.

Youth held protests for climate change across the United States and around the world today. Pictured are students attending a climate strike in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.
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Youth Gather to Demand Action on Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 15 March 20194 April 2023

The US Youth Climate Strike holds events around the country to call for passage of the Green New Deal.

Students Zane and Braird hold a climate strike outside their school in California
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Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes

by Randy Showstack 14 March 20194 April 2023

Climate scientists show their support for protests in the United States and around the world on 15 March.

Eaton Canyon Falls in California’s San Gabriel Mountains
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Some Waterfalls May Be Self-Made

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 March 201927 April 2022

Waterfalls sometimes imply a past dramatic event, like tectonic uplift or a landslide. Self-formed waterfalls could challenge that interpretation.

An artist’s rendering of the Lunar Orbital Platform–Gateway over the Moon
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Science Down, Lunar Exploration Up in NASA Budget Request

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 13 March 201929 September 2021

Here are five key takeaways from the president’s recent budget request for NASA.

Copies of the FY2020 budget request on display at U.S. Government Publishing Office library in Washington, D.C.
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Administration’s Budget Request Slashes Federal Science Budgets

by Randy Showstack 12 March 20194 April 2023

Congressional Democrats and others tear apart the White House funding proposal.

A bundle of fiber-optic cables
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Unused Fiber-Optic Cables Repurposed as Seismic Sensors

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 March 201914 May 2024

So-called dark fiber can serve as regional seismic activity monitors and also detect earthquakes thousands of kilometers away, according to new research.

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