Author Profile: J Wendel

JoAnna Wendel

Publications from J. Wendel

Planetary Sciences

Una ilustración de un artista de Titán como su fuera una portada de libro.

GeoFIZZ 27 July 2021

El universo de Dune inspira la nomenclatura de Titán

En todo el sistema solar, la ciencia choca con la ciencia ficción en formas literarias.

Biogeosciences

Una representación artística de Europa Clipper volando a través de las plumas de Europa, estudiando la luna y buscando vida.

News 14 April 2021

Esta búsqueda por vida alienígena comienza con la destrucción de bacterias en la Tierra

Algún día, un catálogo de fragmentos moleculares podría ayudar a científicos a identificar vida extraterrestre en las lunas heladas de nuestro sistema solar.

Biogeosciences

An artistic depiction of Europa Clipper flying through the plumes of Europa, studying the moon and searching for life.

News 8 February 2021

This Search for Alien Life Starts with Destroying Bacteria on Earth

Someday, a catalog of molecular fragments might help scientists identify extraterrestrial life on our solar system’s icy moons.

Planetary Sciences

Artist’s conception of WATSON instrument surrounded by life-related molecules

News 10 December 2020

An Ice Probe on Earth Could Help Us Find Life in Space

An instrument called WATSON can help find biosignatures on icy ocean worlds.

Planetary Sciences

An artist’s rendering of Titan as a Dune-like book cover

GeoFIZZ 19 October 2020

Dune Universe Inspires Titan’s Nomenclature

Across the solar system, science collides with science fiction in literary ways.

Ocean Sciences

Illustration of submerged aquatic vegetation with molecules of calcium carbonate

News 9 July 2020

Aquatic Plants May Help Chesapeake Bay Resist Ocean Acidification

In freshwater vegetation flats upstream of the Chesapeake, chemical reactions create molecules that raise pH levels in the bay.

Geohealth

World map showing a climate simulation with hotter forecasts shaded red and cooler forecasts shaded blue

News 2 July 2020

Will COVID’s Cleaner Skies Muddy Climate Models?

Reduced greenhouse gas emissions for a year or two won’t slow down climate change, but they may throw off scientists’ ability to model short-term phenomena.

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