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Giant African land snail in an adult hand
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Giant Snails’ Century-Old Shells Recorded Monsoon Rainfall

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 September 201718 October 2022

Researchers explored past precipitation in India using shells from very large land snails collected there in 1918 and preserved in a British museum.

Hurricane Maria bears down on Dominica
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Unprecedented Hurricane Season Sees Widespread Damage

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 September 201726 October 2022

This hurricane season has broken multiple records already.

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Faults off Alaska Look Akin to Those Behind 2011 Japan Disaster

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 September 201711 January 2022

In a seismically quiet segment of Alaska’s subduction zone lie faults with structures similar to those of the system that caused the deadly Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

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Pluto’s Features Receive First Official Names

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 20 September 201718 April 2023

Names of mountains, plains, valleys, and craters honor human and technological pioneers, Pluto scientists, and underworld mythology from around the world.

Copper engraving of Lisbon, Portugal, during 1755 earthquake.
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Caribbean Sediment Traced to 1755 Portuguese Quake and Tsunami

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 September 201731 October 2024

Archaeologists digging in Martinique chanced upon the first tsunami deposit from the earthquake found in the New World. The tsunami left a strong trace, it seems, because the wave went up a river.

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World’s Heavy Dependence on Fossil Fuels Projected to Continue

by Randy Showstack 18 September 201728 September 2021

The report forecasts a 2.8% annual increase in renewable energy through 2040, making it the world’s fastest growing source of energy for electricity generation.

Cassini orbiting Saturn
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Cassini Plunges into Saturn, Ends a 20-Year Mission

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 15 September 201711 January 2022

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory streamed the spacecraft’s final moments live, allowing the public to listen to the mission’s end.

The interior structure of Neptune
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Diamonds Really Do Rain on Neptune, Experiments Conclude

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 15 September 201723 December 2021

Researchers subjected hydrocarbon samples in a laboratory to Neptune-like pressures. The samples, reminiscent of molecules found in the ice giant’s atmosphere, compressed into nanodiamonds.

At a 13 September briefing, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said that the Trump administration has the EPA in its crosshairs.
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Environment and Labor Groups Push to Protect EPA Budget

by Randy Showstack 15 September 201719 April 2023

The groups protested funding cuts, reductions in staff, and demoralizing working conditions.

A new modeling study finds that dispersants used at the Deepwater Horizon site may have
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Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Cleared the Air, New Model Shows

by R. Kaufman 14 September 201718 May 2022

A simulation of oil and gas leakage during the Deepwater Horizon disaster finds that the main chemical dispersant used improved air quality for emergency responders.

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