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Black-and-white satellite image of a pit crater on the Moon.
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Caves Offer Temperate Hope for Future Moon Exploration

by Stacy Kish 22 August 202222 August 2022

Large caves near the Moon’s equator maintain a temperate, stable daily temperature around 17°C.

The Fagradalsfjall volcano erupts in Iceland on 20 March 2021.
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Mapping a Volcanic Eruption in the Backyard of Iceland’s Capital

by Stacy Kish 19 July 202219 July 2022

Researchers used satellites and aerial data to create regularly updated maps of the Fagradalsfjall eruption for both the public and disaster response agencies.

An image of the Sonnblick Observatory with snow
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The Alps Are Dusted with Nanoplastics

by Stacy Kish 30 March 20228 August 2022

A new study finds the lofted pollutants came from major European cities, but further study is required to fully understand the plastics’ transport and deposition processes.

Artist’s rendering of the near-Earth object Kamo’oalewa
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Asteroid May Be a Chip off the Old Moon

by Stacy Kish 9 December 202121 March 2022

Spectral data suggest that Kamo‘oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid, has a composition similar to lunar rocks.

Margaritifera laevis shells on the bottom of a river.
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Freshwater Mussel Shells May Retain Record of Alpine Snowpack

by Stacy Kish 4 October 202112 October 2022

A new study explores a possible proxy for seasonal freshwater input that could elucidate changes in alpine snowpack as the planet warms.

Dolphin trials at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii.
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Autonomous Vehicles Could Benefit from Nature

by Stacy Kish 22 September 202125 July 2022

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan is looking to animals to find new ways for autonomous vehicles to navigate through the environment.

An artist’s rendering of exoplanet GJ 1132 b
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The Possible Evolution of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

by Stacy Kish 23 June 202126 April 2022

Scientific sleuths explore data gathered trillions of kilometers away and put forth different, and often conflicting, ideas to reconstruct the gaseous envelope on a distant rocky exoplanet, GJ 1132 b.

Plaça d’Espanya in Barcelona, Spain
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Monitoring Seismic Vibrations During a Pandemic

by Stacy Kish 18 May 20215 October 2021

Researchers in Spain monitored variations in seismic noise across Barcelona as the city locked down during the pandemic, clarifying the seismic band associated with human activity.

Detailed image of noctilucent clouds on 21 June 2019 over Germany
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Noctilucent Clouds Light Up Northern Germany

by Stacy Kish 29 April 202128 April 2022

A shift in the tropopause jet may have triggered the unusual number of high-altitude clouds that briefly appeared in the early summer of 2019.

Tree rings visible in a slice of oak
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Oak Trees Offer a Continuous Climate Record for Central Europe

by Stacy Kish 2 April 20212 September 2022

A method using nonpooled, continuous stable carbon and oxygen isotopes recorded in oak trees benefits climate reconstructions.

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