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Ice breakup along the southwestern shores of Illinois Beach State Park on Lake Michigan
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Drones and Crowdsourced Science Aid Great Lakes Data Collection

by Iris Crawford 17 December 202111 January 2022

Important data collection can aid coastal monitoring and management.

The light green planet Uranus sits on a black background. One bright white and many faint white concentric rings encircle the planet face on, and many small white specks, its moons, are scattered across the image.
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Can Uranus’s Rings Reveal the Planet’s Deepest Secrets?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 December 202124 May 2023

Planetary rings can act as seismometers that respond to changes deep within a planet.

An aerial image of orange sand dunes overtaking buildings.
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Dunes Dance to a New Rhythm in Climate Change

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 17 December 202117 December 2021

Dunes may morph or creep in new directions in a warming world.

An atmospheric river drenches California with heavy rain in 2019.
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Atmospheric Rivers Spur High-Tide Floods on U.S. West Coast

by Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright 17 December 202130 January 2024

Researchers analyzed 36 years of data to understand how atmospheric rivers and other factors drive chronic coastal flooding.

A gray and tan pipeline crosses horizontally along the bottom of the image with a bright orange plastic construction fence draped over it. A yellow sign reading “Warning: Petroleum Pipeline” sits in the center of the image. In the background are a tall wooden fence, the top of a two-story house, bare trees, and a clear blue sky.
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A Gas Pipeline Investigation Built on Community-Centered Ideas

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 December 2021

From developing a research question to enacting solutions, environmental justice requires community engagement in every step of the scientific process.

Overhead image from rescue helicopter of damage in the path of a debris flow at the base of burned hills in Montecito, Calif.
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No Relief from Rain: Climate Change Fuels Compound Disasters

by Leah Campbell 17 December 202117 December 2021

Climate change is increasing the risk of fire-rain events, raising mudslide concerns in fire-prone communities.

Iron-rich brine can be seen flowing from the Taylor Glacier during researchers’ 1969–1970 Antarctic field season.
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Charting the “Bloody” Brine Flows from an Antarctic Glacier

by McKenzie Prillaman 17 December 202117 December 2021

Photographs and field observations yield a more complete historical record of the ebbs and flows of the so-called Blood Falls on Taylor Glacier.

A small flock of sheep graze by the water’s edge in the Faroe Islands.
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Ancient Eruptions Reveal Earliest Settlers on the Faroe Islands

by Freda Kreier 16 December 202120 December 2021

Lake sediment is helping scientists resolve a decades-long historical mystery.

The Zapolyarnoye gas field in the Russian Arctic in 2013
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Projection: $110 Billion in Repairs for Russian Pipelines on Permafrost

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 16 December 20218 September 2022

Permafrost thaw is a major threat to pipelines in the Russian Arctic, particularly those carrying natural gas.

A dam impounds a large reservoir (background) as seen from a stone fort (foreground).
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A Monsoon-Filled Reservoir Might Have Nudged a Fault to Fail

by Maria Rose 16 December 202116 December 2021

New research examines whether a sudden increase in water loading in Pakistan’s Mangla Dam might have been connected to the 2019 New Mirpur earthquake.

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