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JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator

JoAnna Wendel

JoAnna Wendel is a freelance science writer and cartoonist. She covers topics ranging from the geology of faraway moons to the behavior of animals in our oceans. She served as a staff writer for Eos from 2014 to 2018, then worked in communications in NASA’s Planetary Sciences Division. JoAnna is now freelancing full time as a writer and artist.

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NOAA Video Shows Satellite Views of Louisiana Tornadoes

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 13 February 201730 August 2022

Real-time updates of storms will help forecasters track and predict where the most damage could occur.

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Immigration Ban Takes Toll on Earth and Space Scientists

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 31 January 20177 November 2022

Some researchers can't come to the United States or fear leaving the country to visit their home nations because of a new federal ban on immigrants.

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Biogenic Oxygen on the Moon Could Hold Secrets to Earth's Past

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustratorMohi Kumar headshot by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 30 January 201712 October 2022

Lunar orbiting data show that terrestrial oxygen rains down periodically on the Moon, enticing researchers with an opportunity to study Earth's ancient atmosphere.

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Geoscientist-Rich Crew Slated for Space Station Next Year

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 19 January 20176 July 2022

Geophysicists from NASA and the European Space Agency and the first African American chosen to serve on an International Space Station crew are selected for 2018 missions.

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House Science Committee's Climate Tweets Rile Scientists

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 18 January 201720 April 2023

Twice in just over a month, a government body tweeted material that claims to refute the human causes of climate change.

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President Obama Publishes in Science on Renewable Energy Future

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 10 January 201720 April 2023

In the journal's Policy Forum, the president lays out why renewable energy investments will surge in the future regardless of political headwinds.

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More Frequent Glacial Quakes on Greenland Signal Ice Retreat

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 5 January 201711 January 2022

Between 1993 and 2011, the annual number of earthquakes caused by gigantic blocks of ice breaking away from Greenland's glaciers has increased, further evidence of accelerating ice loss.

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The Curious Case of Titan’s Missing Clouds

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 23 December 201621 April 2023

Two instruments, one region on Titan: One instrument saw clouds, the other didn't—what's going on?

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It’s Not Just Fracking: New Database of Human-Induced Quakes

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 December 201616 February 2022

In the largest compilation of anthropogenically induced earthquakes, causes range from building water reservoirs to mining.

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California’s Governor Promises to Fight for Science

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 December 20166 October 2021

Scientific efforts must ratchet up in the face of rising climate change denial, Governor Brown said to a roomful of scientists.

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