Heather Goss came aboard Eos as the editor in chief in 2018. She has been a science and news editor since 2006, most recently for 7 years at Air & Space magazine at the Smithsonian Institution. She was a managing editor of local news and arts in the early years of DCist.com and wrote as a freelancer for publications such as Aviation Week and Washingtonian magazine while practicing as a lawyer. In 2006, Heather founded Exposed DC, a 501(c)(3) arts organization for Washington, D.C.–area photographers. She has a B.A. in nonfiction writing and a minor in astrophysics from Ohio Wesleyan University and a law degree from American University Washington College of Law.
In July, Eos looks at the incredible capabilities scientists have developed to recreate the enormous pressures and temperatures that exist far below the planet’s surface.Read More »Biogeosciences
Scientists are dedicated to understanding the complexities of the Earth’s carbon cycle—and how our actions can throw it off.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
A greater understanding of lightning mechanisms is spurring the development of more accurate weather forecasting, increased public health precautions, and a more sophisticated understanding of lightning itself.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
In May, we look at lightning—what it tells us about dangerous weather, how to find it on other planets, and what we might learn if we get all that data in one place.Read More »Natural Hazards
This Antarctic glacier is rapidly losing mass. An international team is digging into the ice to figure out just how bad it is.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Smoke from burning landscapes is increasingly filling the air. Eos has dedicated its February 2020 issue to the increasingly important study of wildfire emissions.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
From new techniques in geodesy to the scientific culture we want to create, let’s start our next century together by assessing how we measure what’s most important.Read More »Climate Change
Michael Bloomberg and Jerry Brown joined AGU’s Chris McEntee at Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco to discuss their new report on climate strategies.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
