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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.

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Finding the Gap: Seismology Offers Slab Window Insights

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 15 August 202514 August 2025

Studying slow tremors has helped researchers home in on the youngest part of the Chile Triple Junction’s gap between subducting plates, which offers a window to the mantle.

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How Much Has Mercury Shrunk?

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 13 August 202513 August 2025

Mercury is still shrinking as it cools in the aftermath of its formation; new research narrows down estimates of just how much it has contracted.

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First Complete Picture of Nighttime Clouds on Mars

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 August 202519 August 2025

Data captured by the Emirates Mars Mission reveal that clouds are typically thicker during Martian nighttime than daytime.

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A Solar Wind Squeeze May Have Strengthened Jovian Aurorae

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 1 August 20251 August 2025

Juno spacecraft data suggest an extreme compression of the planet’s magnetosphere in December 2022, caused by the solar wind, briefly brightened the ultraviolet light displays.

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Orbiter Pair Expands View of Martian Ionosphere

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 20 June 202519 June 2025

Radio signals sent between two Mars orbiters—rather than between an orbiter and an Earth-based receiver—capture new insights into atmospheric dynamics.

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Nudging Earth’s Ionosphere Helps Us Learn More About It

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 June 202517 June 2025

New observations and simulations capture the physics at play across each of the three main ionospheric regions.

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On the Origins of Subantarctic Mode Waters

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 June 20252 June 2025

A modeling study shows how warm subtropical waters and cold Antarctic waters combine to form an Indo-Pacific water mass that plays a key role in Earth’s climate.

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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.

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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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