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Un río con destellos de Sol, bordeado por bancos verdes y colocado entre dos grandes acantilados con tonos cafés.
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Diez ríos que enfrentan contaminación, desarrollo y cambio climático–Y las políticas que pueden ayudar

by Saima May Sidik 28 August 202330 August 2023

Reporte anual destaca 10 vías fluviales que han llegado a encrucijadas en las cuales el apoyo del público puede determinar si reciben protección.

Three people stand on a wooden platform in a lake, and a white, inflatable boat next to the platform holds another person. A 3-meter-tall metal tripod extends above the platform.
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A Lake Paves the Way for Defining the Anthropocene

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 August 202325 August 2023

Scientists recently voted to designate Crawford Lake, a small body of water in southern Canada, as the reference site of the “Age of Man.”

A black plume of smoke behind two single-family homes
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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

by Elise Cutts 23 August 202323 August 2023

Researchers drove around a van outfitted with a sensitive mass spectrometer to measure airborne chemicals weeks after the disaster.

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Grâce à la science communautaire, un réseau sismologique en Haïti

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 22 August 202322 August 2023

De petits sismomètres peu coûteux peuvent communiquer des données de haute qualité et en temps réel. Pendant le tremblement de terre d’août 2021, ils ont été mis à l’épreuve.

Une nouvelle étude a pu déterminer l’origine d’arbres abattus illégalement dans des régions comme le Kalimantan central à Bornéo, en Indonésie.
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Établir une carte d’identité du bois pour freiner la déforestation illégale

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 22 August 202322 August 2023

Des chercheurs ont créé un nouvel outil d’analyse pour améliorer la traçabilité du bois qui pourrait permettre d’appliquer la législation de l’Union européenne visant à lutter contre la déforestation.

Green ocean mixed with blue close to a brown land
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More Than Half the World’s Ocean Surface Is Getting Greener

by Meghie Rodrigues 22 August 202322 August 2023

Advances in data analysis help researchers spot shifting ocean colors, which could be associated with climate change.

A blue and white glacier over water
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Evidence of Earth’s Oldest Glaciers Found in South Africa

by Nathaniel Scharping 17 August 202317 August 2023

The ancient glaciers hint at an Archaean Earth that may have looked similar in some ways to our own time.

A grayscale image of the Moon’s surface shows bumps, ridges, and craters on the Moon’s farside.
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Rare Granite Body Discovered on Moon’s Farside

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 16 August 202316 August 2023

The granite couldn’t have formed the same way that it does on Earth—with liquid water and plate tectonics. So how did it get there?

Photo taken from a helicopter of a broken road in a desert landscape
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Global Earthquake Analysis Seeks Elusive Foreshock Signal

by Nathaniel Scharping 15 August 202315 August 2023

Spotting foreshocks for what they are could help seismologists forecast large earthquakes.

View of Jupiter’s moon Europa, with textured areas colored white, blue, tan, brown, and copper
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Subsurface Oceans Could Boost Exoplanet Habitability

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 14 August 202314 August 2023

Researchers have shown that oceans buried below layers of ice are more common than previously thought.

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