Annapurna IV toppled in a Himalayan landslide, and scientists finally figured out when and how it happened.
Saima May Sidik
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Collins Gameli Hodoli: Air Quality Is Data Driven
The environmental scientist is making pollution levels public to draw nonscientists into the fight for clean air.
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Frances Lightsom: Pivoting to Information Management
Frances Lightsom started her career as an oceanographer. Then she found delight in data.
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Decrypting Lunar Craters Quickly and Easily
Machine learning can reveal the stories written in the marks on the Moon.
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Specious Timescales from Sedimentary Layers
Changing environments can dramatically change how quickly layers form in sedimentary rocks, leading to incorrect time estimates.
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Sea Ice Is Going, but When Will It Be Gone?
A pair of studies demonstrate the uncertainty over when the Arctic will become seasonally sea ice free.
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Do Volcanoes Add More Carbon Than They Take Away?
Slow carbon seep long after eruptions have ceased could shape the carbon cycle on geological timescales.
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Ten Rivers Facing Pollution, Development, and Climate Change—And Policies That Can Help
An annual report highlights 10 waterways that have arrived at forks: where public support could determine whether they receive protection.