Author Profile: T Cook

Terri Cook

Biography

Terri Cook is an award-winning freelance writer whose career has focused on exploring and explaining the 4.5-billion-year-history of the remarkable planet we live on. Cook, who has an M.S. degree in Earth science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, writes about geology, ecology, and the environment—as well as wine, tea, hiking, and biking—for a diverse group of publications, including Eos, Scientific American, NOVA Next, Science News, and EARTH magazine, as well as Avalon Travel and numerous other travel-related publications. Her reporting has taken her to 25 states and 20 countries scattered across 5 continents, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the sandy Australian Outback to the mist-shrouded summit of Bali’s Mount Batur. As the coauthor of three popular guidebooks, including Hiking the Grand Canyon’s Geology and Geology Underfoot Along Colorado’s Front Range, Cook gives frequent presentations about geology and science communication. She is the recipient of a 2016 European Geosciences Union Science Journalism Fellowship and is based in beautiful Boulder, Colo.

Publications from T. Cook

Climate Change

Eddies in the Southern Hemisphere jet stream

Research Spotlight 14 February 2019

Estimating the Likelihood of Future Temperature Extremes

A prototype model allows scientists to investigate how wind eddies and other atmospheric phenomena may affect the prevalence of heat waves and cold snaps in the Southern Hemisphere.

Geohealth

A researcher collects a rock sample for dating

Research Spotlight 7 February 2019

More Evidence Humans Migrated to the Americas via Coastal Route

A new chronology shows that ice-free areas existed along the British Columbia coast earlier than previously thought.

Atmospheric Sciences

The view near McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Research Spotlight 5 February 2019

Observations Show Gravity Waves Above Antarctica Dance in Winter

Year-round observations show gravity waves above Antarctica exhibit seasonal patterns that peak in winter, which could help researchers trace the source of this mysterious phenomenon.

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Space Science & Space Physics

An artist’s rendition of the NASA satellites that observe Earth’s magnetosphere

Research Spotlight 28 January 2019

New Plasma Wave Observations from Earth’s Magnetosphere

The first simultaneous observations of multiple electromagnetic wave types in Earth’s magnetosphere may inaugurate a new field of inquiry into cross-frequency wave interactions.

Geology & Geophysics

A scientist installs GPS equipment to monitor earthquakes.

Research Spotlight 23 January 2019

Ancient Faults Amplify Intraplate Earthquakes

A comparison of deformation rates from Canada’s Saint Lawrence Valley offers compelling evidence that strain in the region is concentrated along ancient structures from previous tectonic cycles.

Geology & Geophysics

Research Spotlight 22 January 2019

Unraveling the Origin of Slow Earthquakes

Different nucleation styles detected in five slow-slip events in the same area of Japan’s Ryukyu subduction zone suggest the physical properties along this tectonic plate interface change over time.

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Geology & Geophysics

A rock sequence formed by deep-sea turbidity currents

Research Spotlight 7 January 2019

How Do Turbidity Currents Accelerate?

Flume experiments show that a self-reinforcing cycle can strengthen the currents responsible for transporting large amounts of sediment to the deep oceans.

Geology & Geophysics

A view of the Scottish Highlands, where a geologist first recognized Barrovian geological regional metamorphism.

Research Spotlight 3 January 2019

Regional Metamorphism Occurs Before Continents Collide

Evidence from collision zones suggests that the high temperatures that create regional zones of metamorphic minerals occur in wide, hot back arcs prior to continental collision deformation.

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

An aerial view of the massive Katla glacier, which might be a bigger source of CO2 than previously estimated

Research Spotlight 8 November 2018

Volcano in Iceland Is One of the Largest Sources of Volcanic CO₂

High-precision airborne measurements, in combination with atmospheric modeling, suggest that the Katla subglacial caldera may be one of the planet’s biggest sources of volcanic carbon dioxide.

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Geology & Geophysics

The flat Australian outback overlies a series of ancient mountain chains.

Research Spotlight 5 November 2018

Unraveling the Origins of Australia’s Ancient Mountain Chains

New data synthesis suggests that varying rates of trench retreat along the margin of the Gondwana supercontinent were responsible for the curvature of the Tasmanide mountain chains.

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Publications from T. Cook

Estimating the Likelihood of Future Temperature Extremes

More Evidence Humans Migrated to the Americas via Coastal Route

Observations Show Gravity Waves Above Antarctica Dance in Winter

New Plasma Wave Observations from Earth’s Magnetosphere

Ancient Faults Amplify Intraplate Earthquakes

Unraveling the Origin of Slow Earthquakes

How Do Turbidity Currents Accelerate?

Regional Metamorphism Occurs Before Continents Collide

Volcano in Iceland Is One of the Largest Sources of Volcanic CO₂

Unraveling the Origins of Australia’s Ancient Mountain Chains

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