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Katherine Kornei, Science Writer

Katherine Kornei

Katherine Kornei is a freelance science journalist covering Earth and space science. Her bylines frequently appear in Eos, Science, and The New York Times. Katherine holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Mmm, Salt—Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Contain the Table Variety

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 9 July 20197 March 2022

Hubble Space Telescope observations suggest that sodium chloride exists in young, geologically active regions on Europa, likely fed by upwelling from the moon’s subsurface ocean.

Photo of rocky hot springs covered by yellow microbial mats
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Microbes Spotted in “Polyextreme” Hot Springs

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 June 20194 January 2023

Hot springs that are as acidic as battery acid are home to single-celled microorganisms that may indicate that life could have been sustained on ancient Mars.

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Ultraprecise Clock Will Facilitate Space Exploration

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 June 20195 July 2022

NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, slated to launch later this month for a demonstration flight, will help spacecraft more efficiently navigate the solar system.

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Ceramics Trace a 14th Century Indonesian Tsunami

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 June 201916 March 2022

Archaeological evidence suggests that communities on the northern coast of Sumatra devastated by a tsunami roughly 600 years ago opted to rebuild in the same area, a process repeated in 2004.

Aerial photo of a golf course in a hilly desert
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Many Water Cycle Diagrams Promote Misconceptions

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 13 June 201911 January 2023

Most representations of the water cycle are flawed, researchers found by analyzing over 450 diagrams: The effects of humans, seasonal changes, and different biomes are often neglected.

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National Academy Can Now Expel Scientists in Cases of Misconduct

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 June 201921 March 2023

Members of the National Academy of Sciences recently voted that membership in the 156-year-old institution can be revoked in cases of “egregious violations” of its Code of Conduct.

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Eruption in El Salvador Was One of the Holocene’s Largest

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 5 June 201922 August 2023

Roughly 1,500 years ago, the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption blanketed Central America in ash and likely displaced Maya settlements, new research shows.

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More Than 30,000 Earthquakes Trace the Movement of Magma

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 May 201927 October 2021

Seismometers near Iceland’s Bárðarbunga volcanic system pinpointed thousands of earthquakes in 2014–2015, revealing where molten rock was moving underground before any eruptions occurred.

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Warm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 7 May 201917 March 2023

The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal. 

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More Than a Million New Earthquakes Spotted in Archival Data

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 April 20195 December 2022

By reanalyzing seismic records, researchers found a plethora of tiny earthquakes in Southern California that trace new fault structures and reveal how earthquakes are triggered.

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