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Rebecca Owen

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Earthquakes Shake Up Microbial Lake Communities

by Rebecca Owen 24 July 202524 July 2025

After an earthquake, a lake’s geological, chemical, and biological components get reconfigured. A new study dives into the effects of seismic shifts on the Himalayas’ Lake Cuopu.

The pinkish-red Sun shines through a dense canopy of tree branches.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Plants Respond to Scattered Sunlight

by Rebecca Owen 14 July 202514 July 2025

A new study investigates how diffuse light affects evapotranspiration and carbon uptake across forest, grassland, shrub, and agricultural areas.

Blue-and-white plastic bag on a beach
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Policy Success: Fees and Bans on Plastic Bags Reduce Beach Trash

by Rebecca Owen 14 July 202514 July 2025

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates that such legislation does, indeed, limit the number of plastic bags found on beaches.

A satellite image of a braided river shows many channels branching out and reconnecting.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coherent, Not Chaotic, Migration in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River

by Rebecca Owen 2 July 20252 July 2025

The channel threads in braided river systems may be more predictable than previously thought.

Imagen satelital de un paisaje rocoso en tonos marrones y rojizos, con llamativos pliegues y curvas geológicas.
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Un antiguo evento de calentamiento podría haber durado más de lo que pensábamos

by Rebecca Owen 2 July 20252 July 2025

Una nueva investigación sobre el Máximo Térmico del Paleoceno-Eoceno usó análisis probabilístico para entender mejor su duración y sobre cuánto tiempo podría afectar el calentamiento moderno al ciclo del carbono.

Fotografía de una avenida en Texas inundada
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Científicos revelan los peligros ocultos del calor y las inundaciones en Texas

by Rebecca Owen 25 June 202525 June 2025

Una parte más amplia del “Estado de la Estrella Solitaria” podría verse afectada por más olas de calor e inundaciones de lo que sugieren registros previos.

A burned-out car and surrounding trees are in an area that was recently burned by a wildfire.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

by Rebecca Owen 24 June 202530 July 2025

A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the finding now up for reconsideration, the same scientists revisit their opinion.

A group of more than a dozen penguins stand on a rocky shoreline. A glacier or snowy mountain is across the water not too far from them.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Where Do Antarctic Submarine Canyons Get Their Marine Life?

by Rebecca Owen 18 June 202518 June 2025

A new study investigates how much of the phytoplankton in the Palmer Deep submarine canyon is homemade and how much is delivered.

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Scientists Reveal Hidden Heat and Flood Hazards Across Texas

by Rebecca Owen 16 May 202530 June 2025

A wider swath of the Lone Star State may be affected by more heat and flood events than previous recordkeeping suggests.

A river delta seen from a satellite. A narrow path of green spreads out to a larger area with branching rivers before giving way to a coastline.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Global River Map Is the First to Include River Bifurcations and Canals

by Rebecca Owen 15 May 202514 May 2025

GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood forecasting, and water management efforts.

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