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Nancy Averett

Photo of an active flame front in a forest
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Climate Change, Megafires Crush Forest Regeneration

by Nancy Averett 28 April 202328 April 2023

High-intensity fires in western states kill mature trees and their seeds while warmer, drier conditions stress seedlings. But forest managers can still intervene to change this trajectory.

Detailed image of stalagmite in India’s Mawmluh cave
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Stalagmites Show Evidence of Prolonged Droughts in India

by Nancy Averett 24 October 202224 October 2022

A new study using oxygen isotopes reconstructs a prolonged record of India’s summer monsoons, showing much greater variability than modern data sets.

Microscopic image of a mucosphere with microbes trapped inside it.
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The Ocean Is Still Sucking Up Carbon—Maybe More Than We Think

by Nancy Averett 3 May 202214 September 2022

Recent studies looking at carbon-sequestering microbes suggest we still have a lot to learn about the ocean’s biological carbon pump.

New Zealand’s Whakaari/White Island
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Studying Volcanoes through Myths, Legends, & Other Unconventional Data

by Nancy Averett 22 April 20221 June 2022

Studying historic eruptions through a storytelling lens often improves our understanding of and ability to prepare for such events.

A photo of a ponderosa pine forest in Arizona
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Tree Carbon Data That Ring True

by Nancy Averett 15 March 202215 March 2022

An international group of researchers may have found a way to better account for carbon storage in forests.

This junction in Colorado’s Snake River is tinged with orange due to acid rock drainage.
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New Contamination Concern for Colorado Streams

by Nancy Averett 14 October 202129 March 2023

Abandoned hardrock mines and climate change cause metals and other elements to leach into streams. They also put rare earth elements into the water, a new study finds.

Trawling nets
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Getting to the Bottom of Trawling’s Carbon Emissions

by Nancy Averett 9 July 202114 October 2021

A new model shows that bottom trawling, which stirs up marine sediments as weighted nets scrape the ocean floor, may be releasing more than a billion metric tons of carbon every year.

A photo of the Dingo Fence in Australia’s Strzelecki Desert shows greater shrub density on the northern side of the fence (left side of the image).
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A Reminder of a Desert’s Past, Before Dingo Removal

by Nancy Averett 8 April 202116 December 2021

A fence spans Australia’s Strzelecki Desert, keeping dingoes out of the southern side. Drone and satellite technology have illustrated how removing this top predator changes vegetation growth.

Middle school students sitting around a table at Ohio State University with a homemade ice core
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Cold Curriculum for a Hot Topic

by Nancy Averett 22 March 20212 September 2022

Educators at ice core labs teach students hands-on lessons about climate change.

Satellite image of dust carried from China into the north Pacific
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Dust on the Wind

by Nancy Averett 17 February 202126 January 2023

A new study confirms that an important wind system is shifting due to climate change.

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