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JoAnna Wendel

Publications from J. Wendel

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.

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.

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.

Geology & Geophysics

A swarm of locusts descends on the lush vegetation of Samburu National Reserve in Kenya

News 12 June 2020

Hackathon Participants Solve Global Problems—from Home

More than 200 participants from 38 countries joined the virtual INSPIRE Hackathon to solve problems in food security, transportation, and more.

Natural Hazards

An engineer on a tiny islet uses a total station to survey a rushing stream.

News 13 May 2020

How Routine Monitors Weather the Pandemic Storm

Much of routine monitoring can be done remotely these days, but networks aren’t completely immune to COVID-19’s society-halting symptoms.

Planetary Sciences

Illustration of an impact on Pluto

News 6 April 2020

Ancient Impact’s Seismic Waves Reveal Pluto’s Ocean, Core

By modeling the waves produced by a massive, ancient impact, scientists have begun to unlock the secrets of Pluto’s interior.

Planetary Sciences

Ligeia Mare

News 31 January 2020

Scientists Search for Deltas on Saturn’s Largest Moon

Saturn’s moon Titan has rivers that empty into seas...but where are the deltas?