Author Profile: K Kornei

Katherine Kornei

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Seabird soars over a very stormy Southern Ocean

News 32 mins ago

Larger Waves in Store as the Planet Warms

By the end of the 21st century, waves will have gotten larger in some ocean basins, particularly the Southern Ocean, climate modeling reveals.

Atmospheric Sciences

Skewered meat and vegetables on a barbecue

News 23 hours ago

Niveles Altos de Contaminación en Chile se Relacionan Con Parrilladas de Hinchas del Fútbol

Misteriosos picos de contaminación—10 veces más altos que los niveles normales—ocurren en Santiago durante los partidos de fútbol televisados y son causados por decenas de miles de parrilladas, revelan nuevos resultados.

Climate Change

News 30 June 2020

Chicxulub Impact Crater Hosted a Long-Lived Hydrothermal System

Chemical and mineralogical evidence of fluid flow—potentially conducive to microscopic life—was revealed in rock cores extracted from the crater’s “peak ring.”

Planetary Sciences

News 15 June 2020

Water Ice Lurks in Young—but Not Too Young—Lunar Craters

Using topographic data, researchers have estimated the ages of water ice–containing craters near the Moon’s poles and ruled out volcanism as being a primary route for water delivery.

Biogeosciences

Herd of wildebeests descends from a low cliff into a river.

News 27 May 2020

Geology and Chemistry Drive Animal Migration in the Serengeti

Fieldwork in Tanzania suggests that soil chemistry—influenced by local volcanism and tectonic activity—might help dictate the record-setting migration of over a million wildebeests.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 21 May 2020

As the Planet Warms, Intense Storms Become More Common

Thirty-nine years of satellite data reveal that the prevalence of intense hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons—category 3 and above on the Saffir-Simpson scale—is increasing.

Geology & Geophysics

News 18 May 2020

A Plate Boundary Emerges Between India and Australia

Bathymetric and seismic data point to a new plate boundary in a fracture-riddled zone beneath the northern Indian Ocean.

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Space Science & Space Physics

News 12 May 2020

The Closest Black Hole Is 1,000 Light-Years Away

An unseen object—probably a black hole—orbits with two normal stars in our cosmic neighborhood.

Atmospheric Sciences

News 11 May 2020

Pollution Spikes in Chile Tied to Soccer Fans’ Barbecuing

In Santiago, mysterious pollution spikes—tenfold above normal levels—occur during televised soccer matches and are caused by tens of thousands of barbecues, new results reveal.

Atmospheric Sciences