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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.

La frecuencia e intensidad crecientes de las catástrofes graves exponen a más personas a sucesos traumatizantes como el huracán Katrina, que devastó las comunidades de Nueva Orleans y obligó a miles de residentes a abandonar sus hogares en 2005.
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El costo a la salud mental del cambio climático

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 September 202318 September 2023

Investigadores están reconociendo cada vez más las diversas maneras en que la crisis climática global está afectando nuestra salud mental.

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Temperature Extremes Hit Lower- and Middle-Income Countries Hardest

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 8 September 20238 September 2023

Smaller cities in these regions are less likely to have infrastructure to deal with extreme climates.

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A Lake Paves the Way for Defining the Anthropocene

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 August 202325 August 2023

Scientists recently voted to designate Crawford Lake, a small body of water in southern Canada, as the reference site of the “Age of Man.”

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Herbivore Diversity Helps Maintain Arctic Tundra Diversity

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 11 August 202311 August 2023

A long-term experiment in southwestern Greenland reveals that the presence of musk oxen and caribou helps stave off declines in Arctic tundra diversity brought on by climate change.

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Precisely Synced Clocks Pave the Way for New Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 4 August 20234 August 2023

Researchers working on Hawaiian mountain tops precisely synchronized two clocks with unprecedented efficiency, demonstrating the potential to create networks of such clocks for geodesy and more.

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Scientists Discover a Way of Forming Suspended Layers of Sediment

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 1 August 20232 August 2023

Laboratory experiments suggest that underwater gas eruptions—due to the venting of gas hydrates, for example—could trigger the formation of layers of suspended sediment in the ocean.

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La tercera es la vencida para el Fagradalsfjall de Islandia

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 28 July 20234 August 2023

La región volcánica que hizo erupción en 2021 y 2022 después de más de 7 siglos de estar dormida, lo está haciendo de nuevo.

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Las protecciones marinas no afectan la captura de peces en México

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 July 202326 July 2023

La captura de especies como el atún y el pez espada no disminuyeron después de que un área marina protegida del tamaño del estado de Nueva York fuera establecida en las costas de México en 2017.

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Jen Walton: Chaser of Storms and Lava

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 July 202315 November 2023

Walton founded Girls Who Chase to promote women in STEM.

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A Planet Is Dramatically Losing Its Atmosphere

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 July 202324 July 2023

Helium that was once part of the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HAT-P-32b is being ripped away and forming two giant streamers of gas several million kilometers long.

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