Samples from two waterways in northern Siberia—the main stem of the Kolyma River and a headwater stream in the river’s watershed—indicate the differing sources and ages of carbon they contain.
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Kumamoto and Thom Receive 2019 Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award
Kathryn M. Kumamoto and Christopher A. Thom received the 2019 Mineral and Rock Physics Graduate Research Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is “presented annually to one or more promising young scientists and recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of mineral and rock physics achieved during the honoree’s Ph.D. research.”
Lobanov Receives 2019 Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award
Sergey S. Lobanov received the 2019 Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award at AGU‘s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given to early-career scientists in recognition of “outstanding contributions by an early-career scientist in the broadly defined area of mineral and rock physics.”
Podcast: Paradise Lost
Nuclear bomb tests conducted during the Cold War turned an idyllic tropical isle into a radioactive ship graveyard.
The Stuff That Psyche Is Made Of
The metallic asteroid Psyche appears to contain more rock than previously thought, shedding new light on possible scenarios for its formation in the early solar system.
Kustas Receives 2019 Hydrologic Sciences Award
William P. Kustas received the 2019 Hydrologic Sciences Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is for “outstanding contributions to the science of hydrology.”
Konar, Long, and Madani Receive 2019 Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award
Megan Konar, Di Long, and Kaveh Madani received the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award recognizes “scientists who demonstrate outstanding contributions to hydrologic sciences, education, or societal impacts and show exceptional promise of continued contributions to hydrology throughout their career.”
Finding Natural Solutions to Man-Made Problems in River Deltas
Decades of research on river deltas identify gaps in our knowledge of delta behavior and the tools required to fill them in.
This Week: From EPA Enforcement to Underwater Eruptions
What Earth and space science stories are we recommending this week?
Keppel-Aleks, Swann, and Xu Receive 2019 Global Environmental Change Early Career Award
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, Abigail L. S. Swann, and Yangyang Xu received the Global Environmental Change Early Career Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award recognizes an early-career scientist “for outstanding contributions in research, educational, or societal impacts in the area of global environmental change,” especially through an interdisciplinary approach.