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Deb Haaland, wearing a gray suit with a red and black blouse, reads from a black book as she swears in the new USGS director. David Applegate, wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and red bow tie, stands opposite her with his right hand raised as he is sworn in. The pair stand in front of a large white marble fireplace set in a wood-paneled wall. The wall is decorated with Native American artwork, and the fireplace is framed by an American flag and a light blue flag for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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New USGS Director: Partnerships Are Our Superpower

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 August 202226 August 2022

The new director hopes to strengthen existing partnerships, build and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce, and deliver the agency’s science to those who need it most.

Logs, sticks, and branches that washed up on the shores of Iceland are piled on a beach.
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Melting Sea Ice May Mean the End of Driftwood in Iceland

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 25 August 202224 March 2023

Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change.

Satellite image of ancient lava flows on Mars
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This One Simple Trick Helps Us Understand How Much Water Is in Martian Lavas

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 24 August 202216 September 2022

Understanding how much water is in Martian magma is vital for understanding whether the Red Planet had seas in its early history.

Photomicrograph of anthrax.
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Climate Change Has Already Aggravated 58% of Infectious Diseases

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 23 August 20229 September 2024

Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.

Photograph of an outcrop of the North American Midcontinent Rift showing dark gray rocks enclosing a light-colored rock—the target sample in this study. In the foreground stands coauthor Nick Swanson-Hysell, amid green grasses along the base of the cliff.
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Swinging Strength of Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Signal Inner Core Formation

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 22 August 202230 September 2022

The magnetic record stored in rocks documents the liquid core’s behavior and possibly when the inner core formed. Whether it formed half a billion or more than a billion years ago, however, is up for debate.

Black-and-white satellite image of a pit crater on the Moon.
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Caves Offer Temperate Hope for Future Moon Exploration

by Stacy Kish 22 August 202224 March 2023

Large caves near the Moon’s equator maintain a temperate, stable daily temperature around 17°C.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010
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Ninety Percent of the World’s Oil Slicks Are Caused by Humans, Not Nature

by Katharine Gammon 19 August 202224 March 2023

Researchers were surprised to find exactly how many oil slicks were due to human activity, highlighting the need for people to pay attention to runoff and leaks.

Natural-color image of Hurricane Iota in the Gulf of Mexico from NOAA’s GOES-16 geostationary satellite
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The Complex Relationship Between Hurricanes, Air Pollution, and Climate

by Alakananda Dasgupta 17 August 20222 September 2022

A new study focuses on the frequency and distribution of tropical cyclones over the past 40 years.

In this digital illustration, three small rocky planets orbit a pulsar. One planet is large in the foreground and has a polar aurora and cratered surface. The other two are smaller in the background. A pulsar appears at top left in the image and is depicted as a bright white point source emitting white beams at 5 o’clock and 11 o’clock. Purple and green loops and swirls surround the point of light and represent the strong magnetic field of a pulsar.
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Pulsar Planets Are Exceedingly Rare

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 16 August 202216 August 2022

A new survey of hundreds of pulsars could help solve the mystery of why planets exist around these dead stars.

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Community Scientists Recover Micrometeorites from Lake Michigan

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 15 August 202224 March 2023

A team of scientists, educators, and teenagers discovered the objects, some of which may have been delivered by a fireball that streaked across the sky in 2017.

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