Author Profile: S Stanley

Sarah Stanley

Publications from S. Stanley

Smoke from a smoldering fire rises above trees and brush south of Bismarck, N.D.

Research Spotlight 13 July 2020

Great Plains Plants Bounce Back After Large Wildfires

An analysis of nearly 1,400 wildfires suggests that some postfire techniques used to help restore vegetation may be unnecessary.

Climate Change

A partial skull of the Miocene great ape Lufengpithecus

Research Spotlight 23 June 2020

Why Did Great Apes Disappear from Southwestern China?

Periodic pulses of cooler temperatures may have disrupted the warm, humid, late Miocene climate that sustained the region’s great apes long after most species disappeared elsewhere.

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Biogeosciences

A view of the ocean and clouds from the International Space Station

Research Spotlight 12 June 2020

A First Look at Elusive Deep-Ocean Carbon Molecules

A new analytical technique enables direct analysis of dissolved organic carbon molecules that store carbon in the ocean for thousands of years.

Space Science & Space Physics

Diagrams illustrating Rossby waves traveling around the Sun and the Earth

Research Spotlight 11 May 2020

Space Weather Forecasting Takes Inspiration from Meteorology

Solar features analogous to major atmospheric waves on Earth could offer more advanced warning of harmful solar storms.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Researchers set up a time-lapse camera on a hilltop overlooking the a tidewater glacier in central West Greenland.

Research Spotlight 23 April 2020

Predicting the Future of Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet

Despite recent leaps in our understanding of how climate change is affecting Greenland’s glaciers, many uncertainties remain.

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Space Science & Space Physics

Illustration of Jupiter’s magnetosphere and innermost planets

Research Spotlight 21 April 2020

Two Moons and a Magnetosphere

Decades of research have illuminated how Io and Europa shape—and are shaped by—Jupiter’s giant magnetosphere.

Climate Change

A black-and-white collage of microscopic images of different Rhizaria

Research Spotlight 16 April 2020

New Recognition for Major Players in the Ocean’s Silicon Cycle

Tiny, shelled protists known as Rhizaria may be responsible for up to one fifth of the total amount of silica produced by the world’s oceanic organisms.

Climate Change

Research Spotlight 14 April 2020

An Element of Randomness in Modeling Arctic Ice Cover

Incorporating random variation of temperature, humidity, and wind offers a computationally cheap alternative to improving resolution in an Earth system model when predicting when Arctic sea ice will disappear.

Planetary Sciences

Artist’s illustration of the surface of the asteroid Psyche

Research Spotlight 6 April 2020

The Stuff That Psyche Is Made Of

The metallic asteroid Psyche appears to contain more rock than previously thought, shedding new light on possible scenarios for its formation in the early solar system.

Geology & Geophysics