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Publications from J. Duncombe

News 1 April 2020

During a Pandemic, Is Oceangoing Research Safe?

With research cruises postponed, scientists are trying to get home safe, and others worry about the fate of their instruments left at sea.

Geohealth

Satellite image of Hurricane Lester on approach to the island of Hawaii

News 1 April 2020

La Violencia Aumenta con el Cambio Climático

Las tensiones derivadas de los procesos ambientales están llevando a un aumento en la violencia de género en todo el mundo.

Ocean Sciences

Researchers hold up petri dish of cultured fungi

News 11 March 2020

Microbes Discovered Hanging Out in the Ocean’s Crust

“The lower ocean crust is one of the last frontiers of the exploration for life on Earth.”

Biogeosciences

News 9 March 2020

Tropical Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Soak Up Carbon

The forests could switch from a carbon sink to a carbon source by the mid-2030s.

Climate Change

The mushroom cloud of the Frigate Bird nuclear test seen through an aircraft periscope

News 2 March 2020

Nuclear War Would Spawn a “Nuclear” El Niño

A jolt to the climate system provided by nuclear war could spur an El Niño like we’ve never seen before.

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Ocean Sciences

The Thomas Fire burns above the water in 2017

News 28 February 2020

Could Wildfire Ash Feed the Ocean’s Tiniest Life-Forms?

Ash falling on the ocean after a wildfire could fuel plankton growth.

Ocean Sciences

News 21 February 2020

Submarine Canyons Breed Megawaves in Japan

The canyons act like a prism, focusing waves into mammoths of destruction.

Natural Hazards

News 10 February 2020

Cortes de Energía, PG&E y el Futuro Vacilante de la Ciencia

Mientras los legisladores debaten sobre los apagones como una medida paliativa para resolver el problema de los incendios forestales en Estados Unidos, la ciencia pende de un hilo.

Geohealth

News 6 February 2020

Violence Increases with Climate Change

Stresses from environmental triggers are leading to more gender-based violence around the world.

Natural Hazards

News 29 January 2020

Power Outages, PG&E, and Science’s Flickering Future

As lawmakers debate planned power outages as a Band-Aid to the nation’s wildfire problem, science hangs in the balance.

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Publications from J. Duncombe

During a Pandemic, Is Oceangoing Research Safe?

La Violencia Aumenta con el Cambio Climático

Microbes Discovered Hanging Out in the Ocean’s Crust

Tropical Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Soak Up Carbon

Nuclear War Would Spawn a “Nuclear” El Niño

Could Wildfire Ash Feed the Ocean’s Tiniest Life-Forms?

Submarine Canyons Breed Megawaves in Japan

Cortes de Energía, PG&E y el Futuro Vacilante de la Ciencia

Violence Increases with Climate Change

Power Outages, PG&E, and Science’s Flickering Future

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To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution

The Herky-Jerky Weirdness of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Juno Maps Water Ice Across Northern Ganymede

From AGU Journals

Spatial and temporal patterns of global burned area in response to anthropogenic and environmental factors: Reconstructing global fire history for the 20th and early 21st centuries

Global patterns of land‐atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

Kelvin‐Helmholtz Billow Interactions and Instabilities in the Mesosphere Over the Andes Lidar Observatory: 1. Observations

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