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L. Lester

Liza Lester joined AGU’s media relations team in 2018 after 6 years managing communications for the Ecological Society of America. She graduated with a doctorate in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Washington in 2009, transitioning to science writing through AAAS’s Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows program.

Scientists set up seismometers on rock columns in Utah.
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Podcast: Songs of the Arches (with Helicopters)

by L. Lester 23 November 202018 October 2022

Utah’s famous bridges and spires hum with a deep, earthly music, just below the threshold of human perception.

Container ships load and offload at the Port of Felixstowe, U.K.
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Seaports Expected to Grow by up to Fourfold by 2050

by L. Lester 9 September 202021 February 2023

New research finds adaptation of ports to sea level rise cheap compared to new construction needed to keep up with growing maritime trade.

Satellite view of Santorini, Greece
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Podcast: Escape from Thera

by L. Lester 21 July 20202 March 2023

A colossal volcanic eruption at Santorini, Greece, 3,600 years ago sent the island’s Bronze Age population fleeing for their lives. Where did the people go?

Painting of the death of Julius Caesar
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Podcast: Et Tu, Etna?

by L. Lester 24 March 202028 September 2021

Global environmental calamity followed the death of Caesar. The source may have been a volcano in Sicily.

Eight men stand in front of a sign reading “Pinatubo Volcano Observatory.”
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Podcast: Volcano Disaster Prepping

by L. Lester 23 September 201912 April 2022

Third Pod from the Sun talks with volcanologist John Ewert, a founder of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Disaster Assistance Program.

Scientists point out red Saharan dust in a sediment core drilled from the Atlantic Ocean floor off West Africa.
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Podcast: When the Sahara Was Green

by L. Lester 16 April 201929 November 2021

Past climate change likely motivated human migrations.

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