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Terri Cook

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.

Árboles con hojas verdes y otoñales en el bosque de Odem. Debajo de los árboles hay pasto ver cubierto parcialmente por hojas caídas ocre.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mediciones pareadas de gases: ¿un nuevo trazador biogeoquímico?

by Terri Cook 18 May 202218 May 2022

Una técnica que mide la relación entre el dióxido de carbono producido y el oxígeno consumido podría mejorar las predicciones de la respuesta del suelo al cambio climático.

Aerial image of the California Aqueduct
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Assessing Water Infrastructure Investments in California

by Terri Cook 4 May 20224 May 2022

Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to ensure the viability of future water projects.

Deciduous trees in the Odem Forest
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Paired Gas Measurements: A New Biogeochemical Tracer?

by Terri Cook 21 April 202228 July 2022

A technique that measures the ratio of carbon dioxide produced to oxygen consumed could improve predictions of soil’s response to climate change.

Biocrust in Australia’s Diamantina National Park
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Biological Crusts Affected by Drought Can Still Stabilize Soils

by Terri Cook 17 March 202225 May 2022

Results of in situ experiments on natural microbial communities suggest that biological crusts can protect soils from erosion, but their protective role could be compromised under predicted future climate scenarios.

An image of Germany’s highest peak, Zugspitze.
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Seismology: A Promising Tool for Monitoring Permafrost

by Terri Cook 4 November 202118 October 2022

Passive seismic data from a station atop Germany’s highest peak reveal a 15-year record of permafrost degradation, suggesting that this technique could be used for long-term environmental monitoring.

Slash-and-burn agriculture in Laos
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农事用火加剧东南亚空气污染

by Terri Cook 2 November 202121 March 2022

农事用火和森林采伐用火对贫困人口的影响过大,减少这些用火每年可帮助防止5.9万人过早死亡。

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西伯利亚科雷马河的多年冻土碳元素含量极小

by Terri Cook 20 October 202120 October 2021

新的研究发现,北极河流目前运输的多年冻土来源的溶解有机碳有限,这对理解该地区变化的碳循环及其加速气候变化的潜力具有启示意义。

Slash-and-burn agriculture in Laos
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Fires Lit for Agriculture Boost Air Pollution in Southeast Asia

by Terri Cook 8 October 20216 January 2023

Reducing fires lit for agricultural management and deforestation, which unduly affect poorer populations, could help prevent 59,000 premature deaths per year.

The Duvannyi Yar thaw site on the Kolyma River in Siberia
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Minimal Evidence of Permafrost Carbon in Siberia’s Kolyma River

by Terri Cook 20 September 202128 February 2022

New research finds that Arctic rivers currently transport limited permafrost-derived dissolved organic carbon, which has implications for understanding the region’s changing carbon cycle—and its potential to accelerate climate change.

Map of sites in USDA’s Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network
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Big Benefits from Experimental Watersheds

by Terri Cook 18 February 2021

Scientific insights from the Agricultural Research Service’s long-term study sites underpin dozens of models and research methods that guide global land management and conservation practices.

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