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Sen. Ted Cruz talks about America’s role in space exploration and maintaining the security of our nation’s satellites.
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Scientists, Policy Makers Push for Mars Exploration

by Randy Showstack 19 May 201726 January 2022

At a recent forum, Sen. Ted Cruz also announced a Senate hearing to revisit the half-century-old Outer Space Treaty, and he warned about potential military threats to the nation’s satellites.

Streams and rivers play an important role in the exchange of carbon dioxide between terrestrial ecosystems, atmosphere, and ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Why Is There So Much Carbon Dioxide in Rivers?

by S. Witman 19 May 20176 March 2023

Observations of carbon dioxide oversaturation in the freshwater of the world led scientists to study its underlying causes at more than 100 field locations across the nation.

Destruction after the 2011 Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado.
Posted inNews

Tornado Casualties Depend More on Storm Energy Than Population

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 May 20172 February 2022

National Weather Service data from nearly 900 tornadoes and a principle of economics reveal the relationship between storm energy, population, and casualty count.

Ship’s crew and technical staff deploy a current meter to monitor Angola Current flow.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

First Detailed Study of Circulation off Angola

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 18 May 20178 June 2022

New data give scientists insight into the eastern boundary current off Angola, helping them to evaluate and assess why simulations create sea surface temperature biases in the region.

An artist’s representation of SIMP0136.
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Starlike Brown Dwarf? Not Anymore

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 17 May 201719 April 2023

Because of a new, surprisingly smaller mass estimate for a much-studied, nearby brown dwarf, astronomers now regard the familiar object as merely planetlike.

Researchers examine the impact of the Congo River on coastal waters.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

River Plumes near the Equator Have Major Effects on Oceans

by S. Witman 17 May 201722 July 2022

Every second, the Congo sends millions of gallons of freshwater deep into the Atlantic, influencing marine plants and wildlife.

Melting Arctic sea ice at Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.
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Concern About Climate Change Drives Arctic Council Meeting

by Randy Showstack 16 May 201719 April 2023

Actions taken by ministers at the meeting included an agreement on international Arctic scientific cooperation and adoption of recommendations of a report on the region’s changing state.

For 17,000 years, rain has washed sediments down the slopes of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, depositing them in Lake Ohau.
Posted inScience Updates

Shifting Winds Write Their History on a New Zealand Lake Bed

by G. B. Dunbar, M. J. Vandergoes and R. H. Levy 16 May 201715 February 2023

A team of scientists finds a year-by-year record of climate history spanning the past 17,000 years at the bottom of a South Island lake.

Rock exposure thought to be the product of earthquakes might be due to weathering or landslides.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Faulty Assumptions Impair Earthquake Hazard Assessment in Italy

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 16 May 201724 February 2022

Along faults in the Central Apennine Mountains, weather and landslides may cause rock exposure that is mistakenly attributed to earthquakes.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Insights into the Habitability of Mars

by M. Rice 15 May 201724 April 2024

NASA’s Curiosity rover explored the Kimberley region of Mars to search for signs that the planet was once habitable.

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