Author Profile: J Duncombe

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Geology & Geophysics

Rangitoto Island near Auckland, New Zealand

News 23 July 2020

The Seismic Hush of the Coronavirus

Scientists are listening for faint natural signals during the quiet of coronavirus lockdowns.

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Education

Students on the lawn at Harvard University

News 8 July 2020

Schools Scramble to Keep Students in Wake of “Devastating” New Visa Rule

The United States has always been a scientific powerhouse, but following a sudden announcement from ICE, some worry that “we’re just going to get so far behind.”

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Climate Change

Satellite image of Soviet airport in 1979

News 6 July 2020

Five Things Spy Satellites Have Taught Us About Earth

Long before we had satellites beaming terabytes of data back to Earth, we had covert spacecraft the size of school buses snapping photos on rolls of film 50 kilometers long.

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Geohealth

Map of nitrogen dioxide values for India

GeoFIZZ 26 June 2020

Six Ways Satellites Tracked COVID-19

A new database reveals dimmer cities, empty farming fields, and vacant ports.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Picture of collapsed corner of four-story apartment

News 24 June 2020

The Ticking Time Bomb of Arctic Permafrost

Arctic infrastructure is under threat from thawing permafrost.

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

A green laser beam streams between two parts of a cylindrical instrument.

Feature 24 June 2020

Earth’s Core Is in the Hot Seat

How old is Earth’s inner core? High-pressure and high-temperature experiments suggest that our planet’s inner furnace may be much younger than expected.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 15 June 2020

“Now Is the Time” for Green Recovery, Scientists Say

Otherwise, fossil fuel emissions will return to normal.

Ocean Sciences

News 2 June 2020

How Machine Learning Redraws the Map of Ocean Ecosystems

Using an unsupervised learning algorithm, scientists can create new maps of ecosystem provinces in the ocean, opening the possibility of sharper data collection and monitoring.

Natural Hazards