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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.

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

The Two-Year On-Ramp

by Jenessa Duncombe 10 November 202022 November 2021

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

Figure of magnetic remanence in a human brain rendering
Posted inNews

Podcast: Putting Brains in Rock Machines

by Jenessa Duncombe 17 August 202029 September 2021

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

Rangitoto Island near Auckland, New Zealand
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The Seismic Hush of the Coronavirus

by Jenessa Duncombe 23 July 202013 January 2022

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

Students on the lawn at Harvard University
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Schools Scramble to Keep Students in Wake of “Devastating” New Visa Rule

by Jenessa Duncombe 8 July 20208 October 2021

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.”

Satellite image of Soviet airport in 1979
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Five Things Spy Satellites Have Taught Us About Earth

by Jenessa Duncombe 6 July 202022 November 2021

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.

Map of nitrogen dioxide values for India
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Six Ways Satellites Tracked COVID-19

by Jenessa Duncombe 26 June 202021 March 2022

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

Picture of collapsed corner of four-story apartment
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The Ticking Time Bomb of Arctic Permafrost

by Jenessa Duncombe 24 June 202015 November 2021

Arctic infrastructure is under threat from thawing permafrost.

A green laser beam streams between two parts of a cylindrical instrument.
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Earth’s Core Is in the Hot Seat

by Jenessa Duncombe 24 June 202022 November 2021

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.

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

by Jenessa Duncombe 15 June 202028 September 2021

Otherwise, fossil fuel emissions will return to normal.

Photo of ocean corals
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How Machine Learning Redraws the Map of Ocean Ecosystems

by Jenessa Duncombe 2 June 202022 November 2021

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.

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