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Molly Herring

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Asteroid Samples Suggest a Solar System of Ancient, Salty Incubators

by Molly Herring 2 April 20252 April 2025

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early solar system.

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Los microplásticos son el ingrediente no tan secreto de la nieve marina

by Molly Herring 7 February 20247 February 2024

Partículas diminutas de plástico degradadas y cubiertas por biopelículas se hunden hasta el fondo marino llevando consigo carbono.

A truck is parked next to a pile of sand at a construction site.
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Sandy Fingerprints Trace Supply Sources

by Molly Herring 4 January 20244 January 2024

Geological forensics can trace raw materials back to their source. As global sand demand increases, a new tool could help identify illegal and informal sand mining.

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Microplastics Are the Not-So-Secret Ingredient in Marine Snow

by Molly Herring 20 December 20239 February 2024

Particles of tiny, degraded plastics coated with biofilms sink to the seafloor, carrying carbon with them.

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Spacecraft Are Sprinkling the Stratosphere with Metal

by Molly Herring 22 November 202322 November 2023

Metals from spacecraft reentry don’t simply vaporize and vanish. Scientists found them in the stratosphere.

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