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Randy Showstack

Randy Showstack, senior news writer for Eos.org, reports on policy, politics, and discovery in the areas of Earth and space science and the environment. His coverage ranges from climate change and frontiers of ocean and space research to actions by federal and international agencies, the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

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Physicist and Former Congressman Vernon Ehlers Dead at 83

by Randy Showstack 21 August 201719 April 2023

A staunch supporter of science, Ehlers worked as a research scientist before going into politics.

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Trump Administration Moving Closer to Picking Science Director

by Randy Showstack 27 July 201720 January 2023

The White House is considering separating the usually merged roles of director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and assistant to the president for science and technology.

The Polar Starbreaks a path for ships that supply McMurdo Station.
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Build Four New U.S. Polar Icebreakers, Report Urges

by Randy Showstack 14 July 201711 April 2023

All of the ships should be “science ready,” whereas one should be “fully science capable,” according to new recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, located in Lake Huron, protects one of the best preserved collections of shipwrecks in the United States.
Posted inNews

Trump Administration Scrutinizing Protected Ocean Areas

by Randy Showstack 6 July 201714 January 2022

A recently initiated review of some marine sanctuaries and monuments has conservationists worried that ecological, cultural, and other benefits from those protected areas may not be considered.

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State and Local Officials Push for Continued Climate Action

by Randy Showstack 28 June 201724 October 2022

Governors, mayors, citizen groups, and others are moving ahead with regional and smaller-scale efforts to counteract climate change in the wake of the U.S. decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris glowed a celebratory green on 4 November 2016, the day the climate accord negotiated in that city took effect.
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International Science Group Decries Trump Climate Pact Exit

by Randy Showstack 21 June 201719 April 2023

The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics also criticizes the U.S. withdrawal from the Green Climate Fund as perhaps more damaging than the nation’s exit from the Paris climate agreement.

Two views of a new stamp that when warmed by a person’s finger, switches from showing the black disk of the Moon’s silhouette covering the Sun to an illuminated view of the Moon in place of the black disk.
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Innovative Postage Stamp Celebrates Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse

by Randy Showstack 20 June 201719 April 2023

The eclipse expert whose photographs appear on the stamp said he is thrilled about the opportunities that the stamp and the eclipse afford to excite people about science.

Dr. France Cordova and Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez at LIGO.
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Strong NSF Funding Favored by House Spending Committee

by Randy Showstack 9 June 20176 February 2023

Although the federal budget request lowers the agency’s funding by 11%, a House appropriations committee chair declared at a hearing his panel’s commitment to U.S. leadership in fundamental research.

Scientists at Grinnell Glacier take glacial measurements.
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USGS Funding Slashed 15% in Proposed Federal Budget

by Randy Showstack 7 June 201719 April 2023

Requested fiscal year 2018 spending levels support energy and mineral resources programs but make deep cuts to climate programs and many other areas.

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Trump Says United States Will Withdraw from Paris Climate Accord

by Randy Showstack 2 June 201719 April 2023

Scientists and others decry the decision, arguing that it will slow efforts to address the risks of climate change.

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