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Saima May Sidik

Aerial view of tributaries entering a larger river with an inset close-up of aquatic plants
Posted inResearch Spotlights

High-Frequency Monitoring Reveals Riverine Nitrogen Removal

by Saima May Sidik 25 October 202226 October 2022

Years of daily readings provide an unprecedented view into how a submerged aquatic meadow kept nitrogen from reaching the St. Lawrence Estuary as well as insights on how climate change may alter it.

Image overlooking a rocky coastline and water just after sunset with a bright blue line representing a fiber-optic cable curving over the water and rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Internet Cable Reveals the Source of Underwater Vibrations

by Saima May Sidik 30 September 202230 September 2022

A novel use of an existing fiber-optic cable off the coast of Spain has clued scientists in to how seismic noise is generated in the ocean.

Water churns below a large dam.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How We’re Reshaping Global Water Storage

by Saima May Sidik 21 September 202228 November 2022

Researchers modeled and mapped how eight key aspects of human societies affect hydrological cycles.

A glacier cascades down the side of a mountain along the left side of this photograph. In the foreground is a shallow glacial lake that transitions from clear to icy blue and has numerous pebbles and smooth rocks strewn along the bottom. The sky is bright blue but shielded by low hanging clouds.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Models Oversimplify How Melting Glaciers Deform Land

by Saima May Sidik 7 September 202228 September 2022

When glaciers melt, the land below deforms. Sea level data show that widely used models oversimplify the process.

A boy in a striped t-shirt and shorts steers a long, narrow, and shallow boat with a long pole across a shallow body of water. The boat is laden with rocks. In the background is a marshland with a small group of people and a few tents, and beyond that are forests and mountains. One patch of forest on the right side of the mountains has been stripped bare by a past landslide.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Bangladeshis Feel Increased Consequences of Sedimentation

by Saima May Sidik 30 August 202230 August 2022

In northern Bangladesh, residents are losing their livelihoods, homes, and personal safety when water carries sand and gravel into their communities.

北京一处雾霭中的高塔
Posted inResearch Spotlights

中国空气质量仍需进一步改善

by Saima May Sidik 12 August 202212 August 2022

在过去十年里,有毒颗粒物减少了约三分之一,但空气污染水平仍然高于健康水平。

Red hot magma flows from within Earth to the surface at Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano.
Posted inNews

Earth’s Lower Mantle Is Drier Than Previously Thought

by Saima May Sidik 11 August 202211 August 2022

Scientists have long known that the two layers of Earth’s mantle have different chemical compositions. Now, modeling shows that different water concentrations may keep them from mixing.

Burned landscape of the Indian Creek watershed in southern Colorado after the Spring Creek Fire
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Wildfires Affect Snow in the American West

by Saima May Sidik 11 August 202211 August 2022

Data from 45 burned sites help researchers better understand climate change and wildfires’ impact on snowpack.

A headshot of Fernando Temprano-Coleto
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Fernando Temprano-Coleto: Going with the Flow

by Saima May Sidik 25 July 202227 July 2022

A career in fluid mechanics is both intellectually stimulating and well suited to solving environmental problems.

Sandeep Pai (left) interviews a third-generation coal worker who lives in the mining community of Jharia in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Posted inFeatures

Sandeep Pai: A Just Transition to Clean Energy

by Saima May Sidik 25 July 202221 March 2023

Making sure people whose incomes rely on fossil fuels aren’t left behind as alternative energy sources become more established.

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