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Emily Gardner

Emily Gardner, née Dieckman joined Eos as an associate editor in 2023, after nearly 6 years writing and editing at the University of Arizona College of Engineering. She has also won awards for her coverage of culture, human interest, and science stories at the Tucson Weekly. Her degrees are in journalism and sociology.

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Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review”

by Emily Gardner 6 February 20266 February 2026

Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the program solicitation.

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How the Rise of a Salty Blob Led to the Fall of the Last Ice Age

by Emily Gardner 2 February 20262 February 2026

Scientists have long suspected that high salinity levels in the deep ocean were responsible for keeping carbon dioxide locked away during the last ice age. New research finds the strongest evidence yet.

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Wildfire Smoke Linked to 17,000 Strokes Annually in the United States

by Emily Gardner 27 January 202627 January 2026

A study of 25 million Medicare participants adds to a body of evidence suggesting that prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke is more harmful to human health than other forms of air pollution.

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Report: 13 Great Lakes’ Worth of Water Underlies the Contiguous United States

by Emily Gardner 26 January 202626 January 2026

Researchers used 1 million data points and a machine learning algorithm to estimate groundwater stores with higher resolution than ever before.

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Hundreds of Scientists “Vehemently Oppose” U.S. Effort to Purchase Greenland

by Emily Gardner 12 January 202613 January 2026

More than 200 scientists scientists have signed a letter condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to acquire Greenland.

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Plan to End NEPA’s “Regulatory Reign of Terror” Is Finalized

by Emily Gardner 8 January 20268 January 2026

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations outlined by one of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.

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What Okinawan Sailor Songs Might Teach Us About the Climate

by Emily Gardner 22 December 202522 December 2025

New work bridges the worlds of Ryukyuan classical music and the geosciences.

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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR

by Emily Gardner and Grace van Deelen 17 December 202523 January 2026

The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement from Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to USA Today. 

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The Role of a Ditch in the Matrix

by Emily Gardner 31 October 202531 October 2025

These constructed waterways are often a “no-man’s-land” between terrestrial scientists and limnologists. But ditches’ role in transport, agriculture, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and even archaeology means it’s time to take a closer look.

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Judge Stops Shutdown-Related RIFs Indefinitely

by Emily Gardner 28 October 202529 October 2025

A judge has announced she would rule that the government cannot issue further reduction-in-force (RIF) notices to federal employees because of the government shutdown, nor implement RIFs that had already been issued during the shutdown.

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