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Planetary Sciences

News 1 April 2021

Exploring Venus by Balloon

Aerobots could help reveal secrets of Earth’s mysterious twin planet.

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Space Science & Space Physics

News 31 March 2021

1.3 Million Pairs of Stars Surround the Sun

Roughly half of Sun-like stars have a stellar sibling, and a surprising fraction of those siblings are identical twins.

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Atmospheric Sciences

News 23 March 2021

Rocket Mission Conjures a Ghostly Noctilucent Cloud

Night-shining clouds can be diagnostic tools to better understand how human activity is changing the meteorology of the mesosphere.

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Planetary Sciences

News 10 March 2021

Superlasers Shed Light on Super-Earth Mantles

By compressing iron oxide to pressures expected inside a large and rocky exoplanet, scientists discovered that such mantles could layer, mix, and flow in ways very different from those inside our planet.

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Education

News 9 March 2021

Teaching Geoscience History in Context

The history of geoscience is filled with racist ideology and problematic foundational figures. A new set of modules aims to help educators by offering more inclusive context for inequities in the field today.

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Geohealth

News 17 February 2021

Ocho lecciones del COVID-19 para guiar nuestra respuesta climática

La respuesta global de la pandemia en curso puede enseñarnos cómo deberíamos y no deberíamos responder la crisis climática. Y lo más importante aún, demuestra que podemos hacer algo.

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Planetary Sciences

News 12 February 2021

Podcast: A Modern Way to Look for Aliens

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is undergoing a 21st century transformation. The field is poised to lead the way as an example of interdisciplinary research and inclusive science.

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Geohealth

News 26 January 2021

Suicide Rates May Rise After Natural Disasters

Rates of suicide increased most dramatically in the second year after a disaster, after many postdisaster mental health assistance programs expire.

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Biogeosciences

Feature 25 January 2021

Climate Change Uproots Global Agriculture

Climate change is shifting where ideal growing conditions exist and is leaving farmers behind. How can we secure our future food supply and support the people who grow it?

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Geohealth

News 15 December 2020

Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities

In rural and remote communities in Australia, psychological distress worsened during the first few years of a prolonged drought. Other signs of poor mental health persisted beyond that time.

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