Author Profile: J Wendel

Publications from J. Wendel

Atmospheric Sciences

News 22 September 2017

Unprecedented Hurricane Season Sees Widespread Damage

This hurricane season has broken multiple records already.

Planetary Sciences

News 15 September 2017

Cassini Plunges into Saturn, Ends a 20-Year Mission

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory streamed the spacecraft’s final moments live, allowing the public to listen to the mission's end.

Planetary Sciences

Saturn’s largest moon Titan, viewed by Cassini.

News 13 September 2017

VIDEO: The Weird, Wonderful Science Behind Titan’s Atmosphere

Scientists are baffled by a spacecraft’s detection of large molecules in a moon’s atmosphere.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 7 September 2017

Hurricane Irma Tears Across Caribbean, Heads to South Florida

Florida residents prepare for potentially catastrophic winds and flooding.

Science Policy & Funding

AGU News 28 August 2017

Grant Will Advance Standards Promoting Open, High-Quality Data

Ensuring that data in the Earth and space sciences are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) lies at the heart of a new project funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

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Planetary Sciences

A view of 21 August’s total solar eclipse from Oregon.

News 17 August 2017

Sixteen Eclipse Studies That Illuminate Science from the Shadow

From jets that will chase the Moon’s shadow to a telescope designed to mimic the eyes of a mantis shrimp, projects across the United States will pack science into mere minutes when day turns to dark.

Space Science & Space Physics

Solar eclipse enthusiasts gather for the 26 February 1979 total solar eclipse in Goldendale, Wash.

News 15 August 2017

Small Towns Brace for Historic Eclipse Crowds

Some towns have known for a decade to prepare; others learned as little as a year ago about the event and what it might bring to their locale.

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Climate Change

News 11 August 2017

Greenland Fires Ignite Climate Change Fears

The fires are stoking worries about the vast island’s thawing permafrost.

Natural Hazards

Flooding at a home on the Saint Lawrence River.

News 3 August 2017

What Caused the Ongoing Flooding on Lake Ontario?

The floodwaters have also affected residents downstream along the Saint Lawrence River. Although politicians quickly blamed regulations, scientists say it was a perfect storm of natural factors.

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Planetary Sciences