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Rebecca Owen

Photo taken out of the window of a flight over Greenland
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Happens in the Troposphere Doesn’t Stay in the Troposphere

by Rebecca Owen 17 June 202417 June 2024

A new study suggests that spillover of tropospheric ozone is affecting measurements of stratospheric ozone recovery more than previously realized.

Two rectangular CubeSats shortly after being ejected from a satellite deployer. Earth’s horizon is in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tiny Satellites Can Provide Significant Information About Space

by Rebecca Owen 10 May 20242 July 2025

Students and faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder use CubeSats to learn more about the near-Earth environment.

A piece of rock under a microscope. Colors are mostly gray and beige, with a small section of blue near the center. A legend on the bottom right indicates the image is about 100 micrometers across.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mantle Heat May Have Boosted Earth’s Crust 3 Billion Years Ago

by Rebecca Owen 23 April 202423 April 2024

Information from igneous zircon molecules gives researchers new insight into the workings of inner Earth.

A glacier between two dark-colored mountains. A snowy mountain reaching up into the clouds is in the background, and blue seawater is in the foreground.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Million Years Without a Megaslide

by Rebecca Owen 19 April 202419 April 2024

A new study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to examine the sixth-largest underwater landslide and investigate why a similar event hasn’t happened since.

A gloved hand holding a piece of ice.
Posted inNews

Drilling into Antarctica’s Past

by Rebecca Owen 1 April 20241 April 2024

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted rapidly around 8,000 years ago. Could that event foretell the future?

A mountain with alternating stripes of greenery and bare beige rock. There is a point in the middle of the rock where the stripes change direction, indicating a fault propagation fold.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Uncovering Earthquake Evidence in Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Mountains

by Rebecca Owen 27 March 202418 June 2024

A new study unearths geological evidence that corroborates historical accounts of large earthquakes along the Kura fold-thrust belt.

郁金香叶片气孔放大100倍的图像。这张照片看起来像一排穿插着甜甜圈形状的条纹。颜色是绚丽的紫色、橙色和绿色。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

气候模型经常忽略植物对干旱的反应

by Rebecca Owen 22 March 202422 March 2024

新的研究表明,地球系统模型低估了低湿度水平对植物与大气交换碳、水和能量能力的影响。

A cliff with different layers of soil and rock, seen from the side
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coming to a Consensus on Carbon

by Rebecca Owen 7 March 202426 June 2024

A new study describes inconsistencies in how different Earth system models predict soil carbon levels in a warming climate.

A satellite image of a chain of islands. The ocean looks glossy and mirrorlike, with a large ripple expanding upward from between two of the landmasses.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Step Aside, Internal Tides: Supercomputer Modeling Improves Satellite Altimetry Precision

by Rebecca Owen 26 February 202426 February 2024

New supercomputer models can provide valuable information about the ocean’s layers and movements, particularly slow moving features such as eddies and currents.

这张木星卫星木卫二的照片显示了它的表面地质情况:带有棕色条纹的白色表面。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

科学家研究木卫二的热量如何通过海洋向上传递

by Rebecca Owen 9 February 2024

木星的卫星木卫二可能是太阳系中最有希望寻找到生命的地方之一。一项新的研究探讨了热量是如何从木卫二的地幔通过海洋转移到其冰壳中的。

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