Data from the Juno spacecraft may have answered a decades-old question about Jupiter’s moon.
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Satellite Measurements Make Major Seafloor Map Improvements
Though ship-based sounding has mapped some areas of the ocean floor in higher resolution, researchers have used SWOT data to create a detailed new map of the seafloor, including thousands of previously undetected small seamounts.
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Magnetic Meteorites May Explain How the Solar System Assembled
Faint magnetic properties in primitive asteroid fragments suggest an early magnetic field strong enough to shepherd the growth of the outer planets.
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The Breath of Colonialism Continues to Taint the Air in Uganda
Potentially harmful air quality in Kampala, Uganda, follows the borders of segregated settlements from Africa’s colonial era.
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Scientists May Have Found Another Viscosity Shift in the Mantle
The proposed distinction could improve Earth models.
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Mid-Ocean Ridges Could Be Dispersing Thermophilic Bacteria
Scientists suggest that two strains of endospores located more than 4,000 kilometers away from one another originated in the same place: along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Coastlines Around the World Are Losing Sediment
A new tool maps coastal sediments on the basis of water color. It shows that 75% of the world’s coastlines may be losing suspended sediment.
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Water Testing Builds Trust in Science as Maui Communities Recover
Following fires that ravaged the island in 2023, researchers educated residents about how wildfires affect water quality, and gathered data to determine how wildfire impacts change over time.
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Cooking with Gas Creates Unhealthy Work Environments
Even with ventilation, commercial kitchens can have air pollution levels that exceed health-related limits.
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Nebraska High Schoolers Test Well Water Quality
The Know Your Well program gives high school students experience in hands-on STEM research while providing community members information about their water quality.