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M. Kumar

Mohi Kumar is a past editor of Eos. She has also served as an editor for Smithsonian.com. Her deep-time chronology includes degrees from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology, a stint as a high school math teacher, and service as an AmeriCorps volunteer.

Ilustración de Ariel tomando fotos en un arrecife de coral
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Si las Princesas Disney Fueran Científicas de la Tierra y el Medioambiente…

by M. Kumar 5 February 202110 March 2023

Bienvenidos a un universo alternativo donde el felices por siempre incluye una dedicación al método científico.

Eos.org and Eos magazine received gold, silver, and bronze EXCEL awards in 2018
Posted inAGU News

Eos.org Wins First Prize for Editorial Excellence

by M. Kumar 3 July 2018

The newly received gold award recognizes the website’s overall editorial content and quality. Other awards won include a silver and a bronze for cover photography on Eos’s print magazine.

Meet reimagined Disney princesses, who use their talents to advance science.
Posted inGeoFIZZ

If Disney Princesses Were Earth and Environmental Scientists…

by M. Kumar 25 June 201810 March 2023

Welcome to an alternate universe where happily ever after includes a dedication to the scientific method.

Does your college or university foster a culture of sexual harassment?
Posted inNews

Does Your Institution Foster a Culture of Sexual Harassment?

by M. Kumar 13 June 201824 January 2019

A new report outlines how academic institutions create a culture in which sexual harassment can run rampant. Here are some questions, drawn from the report, to help gauge your institution’s culture.

Treats from the Great Geobakeoff 2018
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Tasty Treats from the 2018 Great Geobakeoff

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier and M. Kumar 11 May 201811 May 2018

Eat your way across fascinating geologic marvels, one sweet, sugary dessert at a time.

Roman aqueduct
Posted inFeatures

Five Weird Archives That Scientists Use to Study Past Climates

by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 30 March 20184 October 2021

When tree rings, ice cores, and cave formations can’t cut it, try your luck with whale earwax or bat poop.

Cross section of a Monorhaphis chuni spicule showing its lamellae (rings).
Posted inResearch Spotlights

One of World’s Oldest Animals Records Ocean Climate Change

by M. Kumar 27 February 201814 December 2022

Researchers probe millennia-old deep-ocean sponges for links between ocean nutrients and climate.

Plant grows out of cracked ground
Posted inNews

Coalition Resurrects Climate Advisory Panel Dissolved by Trump

by M. Kumar 5 January 20187 May 2019

A partnership between New York State, Columbia University, and others reestablished the panel, which will study how best to deliver climate data to state governments, cities, industries, and more.

Surf’s up!
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Sketch Your Science: Our Guesses About Your Sketches

by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 18 December 20174 October 2021

Eos staff do their best to guess what scientists were drawing on the Sketch Your Science wall at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La.

Veteran journalist Dan Rather speaks to a packed auditorium of AGU meeting attendees.
Posted inNews

Dan Rather’s Vision for Scientists in an Era of “Fake News”

by JoAnna Wendel, Randy Showstack and M. Kumar 12 December 201726 December 2017

Scientists must embrace communication, and communicators must work harder to tell more nuanced and compelling science stories, the newsman said to an auditorium full of scientists.

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