Author Profile: J Duncombe

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Publications from J. Duncombe

Ocean Sciences

Phytoplankton under a scanning electron microscope

News 6 September 2019

Artificial Intelligence Can Spot Plankton from Space

Training an algorithm with satellite images of ocean color reveals the blooms and busts of phytoplankton communities.

Climate Change

White man holds sign outside CNN climate town hall reading “Climate Emergency”

News 5 September 2019

Scientists Praise Urgency, Aggressive Plans in Climate Town Hall

Democratic candidates detailed their plans to address the “existential crisis” of our time. Climate scientists were happy to have a forum—and happier that it was substantive.

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Space Science & Space Physics

A coronal mass ejection (CME) on 27 February 2000

News 30 August 2019

Forecasting Solar Storms in Real Time

Predicting when solar storms will hit Earth remains a tricky business. To help, scientists can now submit their forecasts of coronal mass ejections online as they unfold in real time.

Geology & Geophysics

Science buildings and living quarters on Fletcher’s Ice Island in 1967

News 27 August 2019

Scientists Rescue Historical Data Taken on Floating Ice Island

A never-before-published data set from the Cold War could help scientists unravel the mysterious western Arctic Ocean.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Flood victims are transported in an inflated raft as rain falls.

News 26 August 2019

Devastating Floods Hit India for the Second Year in a Row

The deadly floods raise questions of land use and extreme precipitation trends.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 14 August 2019

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.

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Atmospheric Sciences

Pyrocumulus cloud photographed in the air

News 8 August 2019

What Wildfire Smoke Tells Us About Nuclear Winter

A cloud of smoke from 2017 Canadian wildfires was so huge that it self-lofted and stayed in the atmosphere for 8 months. Scientists used it as an example for climate simulations of nuclear warfare.

Climate Change