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Jenessa Duncombe

Jenessa Duncombe, a News and Features Writer for Eos, joined the team in 2018. She graduated with her master’s degree in physical oceanography from Oregon State University in 2017 and subsequently worked as a freelance writer on research ships. Jenessa first interned with Eos, became the team’s first fellow in May 2019, and joined the staff permanently in March 2020.

Virtual field experience of Whaleback anticline
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The Rise of Gaming-Based Virtual Field Trips

by Jenessa Duncombe 27 January 202327 January 2023

Geologists are harnessing a game engine to build environments for teaching and learning.

View of Seattle through a layer of wildfire smoke
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Potentially Good News for Solar Energy During Wildfires

by Jenessa Duncombe 18 January 202318 January 2023

A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels.

Building entrance.
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Twenty Years of NSF Funding Show Racial Disparities

by Jenessa Duncombe 21 December 202221 December 2022

White principal investigators won a disproportionate share of National Science Foundation funding between 1996 and 2016, according to an analysis of public data.

Photograph of Arctic sea ice
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Third-Wettest Year in Arctic Wraps Up

by Jenessa Duncombe 13 December 202213 December 2022

The annual Arctic Report Card charts the rise in rain in northern latitudes and serves as a new “vital sign” of the region’s shifting climate.

People sit on the prow of a boat around the paper on the deck.
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An Inclusive Approach to Oceangoing Research

by Jenessa Duncombe 27 October 202227 October 2022

The bread and butter of oceanography, sea voyages rarely include minoritized communities and nonscientists. The Inclusion Mission wants to change that.

Un diagrama mostrando varios ciclos del agua en la Tierra. Se pueden observar en azul los reservorios del agua como los ríos, nubes, océanos y lagos.
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Este no es el ciclo del agua que conociste en tu infancia

by Jenessa Duncombe 27 October 202227 October 2022

El USGS (servicio geológico de los EE.UU.) acaba de sacar un diagrama del ciclo del agua completamente renovado, con los humanos como protagonistas.

Diagram showing various water cycles on Earth.
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Not Your Childhood Water Cycle

by Jenessa Duncombe 13 October 202228 October 2022

The USGS just debuted a complete remaking of the water cycle diagram—with humans as headliners.

Imagen aérea en blanco y negro de una tormenta espiral sobre el sureste de los Estados Unidos. La imagen muestra puntos brillantes que son las concentraciones lumínicas de las ciudades en la zona.
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Un nuevo enfoque para un misterio sin resolver en la economía climática

by Jenessa Duncombe 19 September 202221 September 2022

¿Tienen los cambios de temperatura impactos económicos duraderos? Un truco “ingenioso” que identifica tendencias climáticas nos lleva un paso más cerca a abordar esta vieja pregunta en la economía climática.

Aerial image of a spiral storm over the southern United States
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A New Approach to an Unresolved Mystery in Climate Economics

by Jenessa Duncombe 2 September 202226 October 2022

Do shifts in temperature have enduring economic impacts? A “clever” trick identifying climate trends gets us one step closer to addressing this long-standing question in climate economics.

Photomicrograph of anthrax.
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Climate Change Has Already Aggravated 58% of Infectious Diseases

by Jenessa Duncombe 23 August 202214 December 2022

Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.

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