Elizabeth Jacobsen, a staff writer for Eos, started out as a summer production intern; she currently balances production work with writing news and Research Spotlights. In spring 2016 she graduated from Williams College, where she majored in English and biology. Outside of Eos, Elizabeth does freelance science writing and is working toward a master’s degree in science writing at Johns Hopkins University.
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 »
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