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4 May 2020

Great Lakes Cities’ Sewer Designs Mean Waste in the Waters

In older cities, a single system of pipes may transport sewage and stormwater runoff. As the climate crisis brings more intense storms, urban areas like Toronto are overhauling their drainage systems.

Space Science & Space Physics

Satellite image of lightning flashing inside a giant thunderstorm over the bright terrestrial lights of Bolivia

4 May 2020

Studying Earth’s Double Electrical Heartbeat

Charged by thunderstorms and other weather phenomena, the global electrical circuit connects the entire planet.

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Geology & Geophysics

Illustration of a 19th-century white woman in a lab

1 May 2020

This Week: Antique Climate Science and Brand-New Broken Comets

What Earth and space science stories are we recommending this week?

Geohealth

1 May 2020

Geoscientists Help Map the Pandemic

Data visualization and mapping are valuable tools in the fight against COVID-19. Geoscientists can help healthcare workers and shape public policy.

Climate Change

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope

30 April 2020

Una Guerra Nuclear Podría Generar un “Niño Nuclear”

Una sacudida al sistema climático provista por una guerra nuclear podría provocar un fenómeno de el Niño como nunca habíamos visto.

Atmospheric Sciences

29 April 2020

Tear, Don’t Cut, to Reduce Microplastics

Laboratory experiments reveal the numbers and types of microplastics produced by tearing, scissoring, and cutting everyday items.

Geohealth

Scientist takes a water sample at a river

29 April 2020

The Coronavirus Hurts Some of Science’s Most Vulnerable

Early-career researchers hang in the balance of coronavirus uncertainty.

Ocean Sciences

Photo of a low rock jetty separating the ocean from a fish pond

28 April 2020

Groundwater Is the “Hidden Connection” Between Land and Sea

The importance of fresh groundwater to coastal ecosystems is revealed using the first computer model at a global scale.

Geohealth

Person wearing a hooded jacket and surgical mask

28 April 2020

La Contaminación del Aire Puede Empeorar la Tasa de Mortalidad por COVID-19

Científicos descubren que condados altamente contaminados en los Estados Unidos tendrán una tasa de mortalidad por COVID19 4.5 veces más grande que aquellos condados similares.

Ocean Sciences

An aircraft releases chemical dispersant on 5 May 2010 over oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico

28 April 2020

Why Sunlight Matters for Marine Oil Spills

A decade of research since the Deepwater Horizon disaster has revealed how sunlight—its importance long understated in oil spill science—substantially alters petroleum floating at the sea surface.