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Heather Goss

Heather Goss is the Publisher of Eos and Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing for AGU. She served as Editor in Chief of Eos from 2018 to 2022; during her tenure, she established the Science Adviser panel comprised of AGU members representing disciplines across Earth and space science. Heather won the 2022 Award for Distinguished Science Journalism from the American Meteorological Society for “Lightning Research Flashes Forward.”
Previously, Heather was a science editor at the Smithsonian Institution, managing editor of Washington, D.C., local news publication DCist, and an attorney. She also founded the 501(c)(3) arts organization Exposed DC.

An illustration of the Solar Orbiter positioned in front of the Sun.
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Brighter Skies Ahead

by Heather Goss 25 August 202217 January 2023

As solar max approaches, new tech is on call.

Two train tracks cross and then bend to run parallel to each other at sunset.
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The Career Issue: OK, But Explain “Anything”

by Heather Goss 25 July 202227 July 2022

Our second annual Career Issue examines how an education in the Earth and space sciences can lead to a multitude of rewarding paths.

Two students from Syiah Kuala University deploy a node in a farmer’s field near the village of Mane, Aceh.
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Adventure Time

by Heather Goss 23 June 202215 November 2022

In our July issue, we tell the tales of Earth and space scientists as they venture into the field and lab to gather critical data.

River flow paths in Iceland derived from HydroSHEDS.
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Charting Paths to New Knowledge

by Heather Goss 20 May 20221 June 2022

In our June issue of Eos, we home in on the unique ways researchers are using maps to better understand Earth and beyond.

A view of the Milky Way, the moon, Mars, Saturn, and an iridium flare over a surface flow of lava at the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
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Myths, Legends, and Buried Hair

by Heather Goss 22 April 20221 June 2022

In our May issue of Eos, we’re seeking out innovations in volcanology.

A view across the Amazon rain forest
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Dust in the Wind, Dirt Under Our Feet, and Dunes of Another World

by Heather Goss 23 March 202223 June 2022

In our April issue of Eos, we follow researchers who get to the root of the Amazon basin’s rich landscape.

An illustration showing volcanic activity and meteorite impacts on Earth during the Hadean, 4 billion years ago.
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How to Work in the Dark on Deep Time

by Heather Goss 22 February 20223 January 2023

Researchers who study the formation of Earth show how ingenuity can shed light on hidden moments of creation.

A partially underwater view of a coral reef off the coast of the Maldives.
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Science Off the Seashore

by Heather Goss 24 January 202224 January 2022

In our February issue, Eos reports on the study of the ocean and our relationship to it, in the spirit of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

The ultrahigh-vacuum chamber of an optical clock operated by the National Metrology Institute of Germany. Inside the chamber, strontium atoms are cooled by a laser.
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Build It, and the Science Will Come

by Heather Goss 20 December 202128 July 2022

In January, Eos takes a look at the scientists who know that sometimes the answer to a question is a screwdriver.

A circular collage of scientists working with communities in the field, with the words Science is Society at the center.
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Knowledge Brings Us Together

by Heather Goss 22 November 202123 November 2021

In our special double end-of-year issue, Eos looks at how scientists and communities partner to find answers to our toughest problems.

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