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Hearing Explores Resilience to Climate-Related Natural Disasters

by Randy Showstack 22 November 201915 October 2021

Experts call for more tools to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change to curb the impacts and costs of natural disasters.

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Sea Caves Hold Clues to Ancient Storms

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 22 November 201926 October 2022

Sediments dug up from sea caves help reconstruct past climate, contributing to better storm predictions.

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Iconic Palms Add to Fire Danger in Southern California

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 22 November 20196 October 2021

As fires burn across Southern California, researchers examine what role nonnative vegetation plays.

Lake Nyos, Cameroon, surrounded by lush green vegetation
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Lethal Volcanic Gases at an Italian Country Club

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 November 20194 February 2022

High levels of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide emitted by volcanic outgassing caused a deadly accident near Rome, Italy, in 2011, geoscientists have shown.

Jupiter’s aurora captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Computers Tease Out Secrets of Jupiter’s Aurorae

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 21 November 201910 February 2023

Aurorae once classified by human eyes are now being sorted by machines. The change may help astronomers understand how the mysterious features are powered.

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Giving Thanks to Geosci

by AGU 21 November 201927 March 2023

What facets of Earth and space science are we grateful for this week?

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Some Communities Feel the Effects of Air Pollution More Than Others

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 20 November 201917 August 2022

A new study compares exposure to power plant emissions among communities based on race, income, and geography. Black Americans are most at risk.

A brown cow grazing in a green meadow in Colombia
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How Conflict Influenced Land Use in Colombia

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 20 November 20192 November 2021

Researchers use new maps and statistical techniques to infer how armed conflict influenced land cover in the understudied Caribbean region of the country.

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Deadly Collision Blows an Asteroid Apart

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 20 November 201915 February 2022

Active asteroids lurk in the asteroid belt, unseen until they’re blown to smithereens.

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Fugitive Gas Abetted by Barometric Pressure

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 November 201919 August 2022

Barometric pressure, in addition to factors such as lithology and the depth of the water table, can influence patterns of natural gas that escapes to subsurface soils.

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