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People sit on the prow of a boat around the paper on the deck.
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An Inclusive Approach to Oceangoing Research

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 October 202227 October 2022

The bread and butter of oceanography, sea voyages rarely include minoritized communities and nonscientists. The Inclusion Mission wants to change that.

Un diagrama mostrando varios ciclos del agua en la Tierra. Se pueden observar en azul los reservorios del agua como los ríos, nubes, océanos y lagos.
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Este no es el ciclo del agua que conociste en tu infancia

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 October 202222 March 2023

El USGS (servicio geológico de los EE.UU.) acaba de sacar un diagrama del ciclo del agua completamente renovado, con los humanos como protagonistas.

Drone footage of a blue whale surfacing to breathe off the coast of California.
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Scientists Tune In to Blue Whale Feeding Rhythms

by Bill Morris 26 October 20226 December 2022

New acoustic sensing technology is allowing scientists to track blue whale movements in real time, a breakthrough that could help save whales’ lives.

Detailed image of stalagmite in India’s Mawmluh cave
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Stalagmites Show Evidence of Prolonged Droughts in India

by Nancy Averett 24 October 202224 October 2022

A new study using oxygen isotopes reconstructs a prolonged record of India’s summer monsoons, showing much greater variability than modern data sets.

Aerial view of an agricultural field with some plots in temperature-controlled conditions
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Warmer Winters Keep Crops Sleepy into Spring, Hurting Yield

by Elise Cutts 21 October 202228 October 2022

Annual crops go dormant during winter. Frosty temperatures cue them to wake up—but the warmer winters brought on by climate change scramble the cold signal, hurting yield.

La visión de un artista que nos ofrece una visión de la formación de los planetas: Cerca de la estrella, las partículas de polvo se convierten en planetesimales y planetas similares a la Tierra. En la parte más lejana, el gas se acumula en los núcleos planetarios para la formación de gigantes similares a Júpiter.
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Isótopos de criptón proporcionan nuevos indicios sobre el pasado de los planetas

by Carolyn Wilke 21 October 202217 March 2023

Para determinar cómo los elementos cruciales para el desarrollo de la vida llegaron a la Tierra, los científicos estudian los gases nobles. Actualmente, métodos mejorados traen consigo nuevos indicios a partir del criptón, el gas noble más enigmático.

The orange moon Titan passes in front of the striped disk of the planet Saturn, with Saturn’s rings seen edge on, forming a thin line between the moon and planet.
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Long-Gone Moon Could Explain Birth of Saturn’s Rings

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 20 October 202224 May 2023

Named Chrysalis, the moon could have disintegrated during a close encounter with the gas giant roughly 100 million years ago.

Aerial photograph showing melt ponds in a raft of sea ice. The shadow of the airplane is cast over the ice.
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Satellites Get First Full-Year View of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness

by Erin Martin-Jones 20 October 202222 March 2023

The AI-based monitoring method may unlock data that could improve shipping safety and climate predictions.

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Indian Cities Invest in Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors

by Deepa Padmanaban 19 October 202228 October 2022

The sensors help bridge gaps in air quality data due to critical shortages of government monitoring stations.

Monash University Professor Andrew Tomkins (left) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Ph.D. scholar Alan Salek examine a ureilite meteorite sample at the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility.
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Rare Meteorites Shed Light on Diamond Formation

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 October 202218 October 2022

By studying meteorites believed to be remnants of the catastrophic breakup of a dwarf planet, researchers are learning how lonsdaleite, a particularly hard type of diamond, forms in nature.

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