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Sarah Stanley, Science Writer

Sarah Stanley

Sarah Stanley, a freelance writer for Eos, has a background in environmental microbiology but covers a wide range of science stories for a variety of audiences. She has also written for PLOS, the University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Medicine, Gladstone Institutes, and Cancer Commons, a nonprofit that works with cancer patients.

A satellite image of the Labrador Sea off the coast of Labrador, Canada. Green land can be seen to the left, and white swirls of ice are in the center of the image atop the blue water.
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Water Density Shifts Can Drive Rapid Changes in AMOC Strength

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 May 202528 May 2025

High-latitude variations in density, which appear to be driven by changes in atmospheric pressure, can propagate to midlatitudes and affect the current’s strength within just a year.

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Robotic Floats Quantify Sinking Carbon in the Southern Ocean

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 27 May 202527 May 2025

An estimated 2.69 billion tons of carbon are exported to the deep sea every year from the Southern Ocean.

2015年6月洪水期间,汽车在新西兰达尼丁南部的街道上前行。图片来源:John Cosgrove
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地下洪水:海平面上升的隐形风险

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 20 May 202520 May 2025

研究人员展示了一种方法来评估海平面上升如何提高地下水位,从而可能将洪水灾害传播到遥远的内陆地区。

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Seaweed Surges May Alter Arctic Fjord Carbon Dynamics

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 16 May 202516 May 2025

Climate change–accelerated seaweed growth could cause seaweed-dependent microbes to proliferate and consume more oxygen, leading to a rise in oxygen-starved zones.

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Matching Magma Dikes May Have Different Flow Patterns

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 April 20255 May 2025

A set of lab experiments involving a laser, gelatin, and xanthan gum explored how varying flow patterns between dikes with similar speeds and shapes could affect eruption predictions.

Dozens of ice cores—long, thin cylinders—are stored on a metal shelf and seen from the front, so they look like circles.
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When Ice Ages End, Ocean Circulation Fine-Tunes Ocean Heat

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 14 April 202514 April 2025

New Antarctic ice core data bolster model predictions of ocean heat content during glacials and interglacials.

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New Insights into an Enigmatic Form of Magnetic Reconnection

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 April 202511 April 2025

A new study deepens understanding of magnetic field behavior recently discovered by NASA in Earth’s magnetosphere.

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Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 12 March 202520 May 2025

Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood hazards far inland.

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A Seafloor Spreading Slowdown May Have Slashed Sea Levels

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 24 February 202524 February 2025

Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, a drop in ocean crust production may have lowered sea level by 26–32 meters.

一位艺术家描绘的地幔和地核
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月球潮汐暗示着存在熔融月球层

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 19 February 202519 February 2025

新的月球重力测量结果支持了这样一种观点,即部分熔融的地幔层夹在月球地幔的其余部分和月球内核之间。

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