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A geographic information system (GIS) map shows a number of different layers: Blue areas represent flood zones or floodways, whereas white areas are those with minimal flood hazard. Red, orange, green, and gray areas represent mining waste.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Making a Map to Make a Difference

by Rebecca Owen 11 February 202611 February 2026

A new study highlights the partnership between scientists and nonscientist community members in building an interactive GIS map to show flooding risk in a Superfund site.

Two people wearing purple latex gloves stand in a field where the grass is up to their waists. One steps on a shovel to push it into the ground, and the other holds an orange bucket.
Posted inNews

Nationwide Soil Microbiome Mapping Project Connects Students and Scientists

by Rebecca Owen 3 February 20263 February 2026

Researchers and students are building a comprehensive picture of the microbial life beneath our feet.

A valley with angular plots of agricultural land is seen from above. The Sun shines through clouds in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Microbial Genes Could Improve Our Understanding of Water Pollution

by Rebecca Owen 13 January 202613 January 2026

New research in Germany’s Ammer floodplain examines microbial biomarkers to help improve modeling of denitrification.

A colorized image of the North Atlantic Ocean shows swirls of (from top to bottom) blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses

by Rebecca Owen 6 January 20266 January 2026

Mass glacier melting may have led this influential ocean current system to collapse at the end of the last ice age. A pair of modeling studies examines how such a collapse could affect dissolved inorganic carbon and carbon isotopes in Earth’s oceans.

Two side-by-side images show a lake bed dried out (left) and with water and lush green trees (right).
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Ecosystem Never Forgets

by Rebecca Owen 19 December 202519 December 2025

A new study in southwestern China shows how ecosystems may exhibit “hydrological memory,” which affects how they react to extreme climate events such as heat and drought.

Zebras and wildebeest graze on the green grass of the Serengeti plain.
Posted inNews

Tracing Fire, Rain, and Herbivores in the Serengeti

by Rebecca Owen 2 December 20252 December 2025

Increasing amounts of rain fuel grass growth across the ecosystem and, consequently, the cycles of wildfire and animal migration.

A red horse stands in a marsh, up to its knees, and looks back at the camera.
Posted inNews

What Salty Water Means for Wild Horses

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 202526 November 2025

New research monitors how saltwater intrusion is affecting the behaviors of Shackleford Banks’s wild horses.

A satellite image shows dark sand deposits near the south pole of Mars. The shape formed by the deposits is reminiscent of an angel with outstretched wings with a large heart under its right wing.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Maybe That’s Not Liquid Water on Mars After All

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 202521 November 2025

A “very large roll” of a radar instrument offers new insight into a highly reflective area near the Martian south pole.

A drone image of a piece of mountainous land jutting out into the blue ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Algae Helped Some Life Outlast Extinction

by Rebecca Owen 13 November 202513 November 2025

Cooler waters near Norway’s north provided a refuge for phytoplankton during the Great Dying, a new study suggests.

太阳从海面升起。紫色的云朵在天空中飘荡。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

古气候模式为未来变暖提供线索

by Rebecca Owen 6 November 20256 November 2025

一项新研究分析了过去1000万年的海洋表面温度数据,以预测未来变暖的可能走向。

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