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Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist

Mark Betancourt

Mark Betancourt is an independent multimedia journalist whose work has appeared in Eos, Air & Space, The Nation, Reveal, Vice News, KALW, and The Detroit News. When he’s not reporting on science and technology, he’s investigating how large-scale institutions are failing the poor. His stories cover a wide range of subjects, from hurricane formation and Mars robots to the tax foreclosure crisis in Detroit and the lack of end-of-life care for the uninsured.

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Are We Entering The Golden Age Of Climate Modeling?

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 21 November 202227 March 2023

Thanks to the advent of exascale computing, local climate forecasts may soon be a reality. And they’re not just for scientists anymore.

Ocean thermal energy conversion plant on Kume Island, Japan
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The Century-Old Renewable You’ve Never Heard Of

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 24 January 20221 June 2023

Ocean thermal energy conversion could power the world’s tropical islands, if it ever gets out of the “innovation valley of death.”

Canoers paddle along the Anacostia near Kenilworth Park in Washington, D.C.
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The Capital’s Waterways Could Be Swimmable by 2030

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 22 November 202124 November 2021

Scientists, community groups, and the Clean Water Act are behind Washington, D.C.’s massive project to reduce combined sewer overflows by 96%.

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Greening the Friendly Skies

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 4 November 202019 September 2022

Decarbonizing the aviation industry won’t be easy. The coronavirus pandemic complicates the situation but also presents an opportunity.

The new “Unified Geologic Map of the Moon”
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The First Global Geologic Map of the Moon

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 1 June 202028 October 2021

At a time when more geological data about the Moon are available than ever before, USGS scientists have created a one-stop shop where everyone, including the public, can see how it all fits together.

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster floats in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
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Modeling Under Pressure

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 25 March 202019 August 2022

At a critical moment in the effort to end one of the world’s worst oil spills, one scientist holed up in his office and pulled an all-nighter to calculate the well’s aquifer support.

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