Author Profile: J Duncombe

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News 13 January 2021

Network Connects Indigenous Knowledges in the Arctic and U.S. Southwest

Indigenous Peoples from the Arctic and the U.S. Southwest have joined together to tackle issues of food sovereignty in two environmental extremes. Their bond led to a swift response to COVID-19.

A visualization of Earth and its magnetic field

Feature 21 December 2020

The Herky-Jerky Weirdness of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Dented, erratic, and wandering, our field is constantly changing its mind.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 11 December 2020

Beast of the Central Arctic

Feast your eyes on Beast, the first remotely operated vehicle to brave the Arctic for 1 year.

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Biogeosciences

News 4 December 2020

Our Food Systems Are Complicated. Food Data Don’t Have to Be

Researchers made a “Google Maps” for global food systems. Could it help us tackle food’s thorniest problems?

Education

One student in an El Paso Community College lecture raises his hand.

Feature 10 November 2020

The Two-Year On-Ramp

This community college in Texas has figured out how to guide its students into geoscience careers.

Geology & Geophysics

Figure of magnetic remanence in a human brain rendering

News 17 August 2020

Podcast: Putting Brains in Rock Machines

One geophysicist deviated from his usual work on paleomagnetism to study the magnetic remanence of human brains.

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