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Publications from J. Wendel

An artist’s rendering of a Neptune-sized exoplanet.

News 22 June 2017

Ten Earth-Sized Planets Found by Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope

A new analysis of exoplanet candidates also reveals a previously unrecognized tendency for smaller exoplanets to grow into two distinct sizes.

Planetary Sciences

News 5 June 2017

Meet KELT-9b, the Hottest Exoplanet Ever Discovered

The exoplanet’s host star blasts it with so much radiation that it will someday evaporate.

Science Policy & Funding

News 2 June 2017

Planetary Science Up, Earth Science Down in Proposed NASA Budget

The agency’s acting administrator says that the fiscal year 2018 White House budget request tells NASA to stay the course.

Natural Hazards

News 26 May 2017

Scientists Predict Active Hurricane Season

A combination of warm sea surface temperatures and a weak or absent El Niño may create conditions conducive to tropical storm formation.

Climate Change

News 24 May 2017

Unseasonable Weather Entrenches Climate Opinions

Democrats and Republicans double down on their climate change opinions when faced with slightly cooler or warmer weather.

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Ocean Sciences

Plastic pollution covering East Beach, Henderson Island.

News 22 May 2017

Plastic Waste Knows No Bounds

Despite the vastness of Earth’s oceans, human plastic pollution overwhelms even remote corners.

Planetary Sciences

News 17 May 2017

Starlike Brown Dwarf? Not Anymore

Because of a new, surprisingly smaller mass estimate for a much-studied, nearby brown dwarf, astronomers now regard the familiar object as merely planetlike.

Planetary Sciences

A researcher looks over the Greenland ice cap, a “frozen ocean.”

News 10 May 2017

New Instrument May Aid Search for Extraterrestrial Life

For 2 weeks on the Greenland ice cap, scientists tested an instrument that might help us find life on icy moons with oceans beneath their crusts.

Geology & Geophysics

News 5 May 2017

Ancient Methane Seeps Tell Tale of Sudden Warming

Newly discovered rock mounds left by ancient methane seeps give scientists clues that methane on ancient ocean floor was released by ancient global warming.

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Science Policy & Funding

Protestors gathered at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

News 26 April 2017

Iranian Scientist Reflects on Trump’s Attempted Immigration Ban

Eos caught up with Solmaz Adeli, an Iranian researcher based in Germany who was almost barred from entering the United States for an important scientific meeting.

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Publications from J. Wendel

Ten Earth-Sized Planets Found by Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope

Meet KELT-9b, the Hottest Exoplanet Ever Discovered

Planetary Science Up, Earth Science Down in Proposed NASA Budget

Scientists Predict Active Hurricane Season

Unseasonable Weather Entrenches Climate Opinions

Plastic Waste Knows No Bounds

Starlike Brown Dwarf? Not Anymore

New Instrument May Aid Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Ancient Methane Seeps Tell Tale of Sudden Warming

Iranian Scientist Reflects on Trump’s Attempted Immigration Ban

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Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

Observations of open-ocean deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Seasonal and interannual variability of mixing and deep water masses for the 2007-2013 Period

A modeling approach to identify the effective forcing exerted by wind on a prealpine lake surrounded by a complex topography

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