Elizabeth Thompson, née Jacobsen, is a freelance writer living in northern Virginia. She is a former production assistant and staff writer for Eos. Elizabeth graduated from Williams College with a degree in biology and English, and she is working toward a master’s degree in science writing at Johns Hopkins University. She enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring the workings of the world as fully as she can.
This January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized mileage standards set in 2012. Now, at the push of the auto industry, EPA and other agencies are going back for another look.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Two recently approved missions will explore our solar system's early history, looking at asteroids near Jupiter and an odd object that may be a planetary core.Read More »
The transformed headquarters, to be completed by December 2018, features a design geared toward communicating science to the community, sparking collaboration, and reducing environmental impact.Read More »Biogeosciences
As northern Minnesota's climate got wetter, precipitation drove mobile forms of young carbon deeper into peatlands, doubling the size of methane-producing strata.Read More »
From banning plastic bags to regulating solar power, states across the country asked voters to make important decisions on energy and the environment.Read More »
Researchers convert seismic data into sounds and animations, providing scientists with a new way to view what happens to Earth during earthquakes.Read More »
