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Brightly colored soil layers and a yardstick or ruler
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Looking for Prehistoric Pollen? Check the Floodplains

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 3 December 20197 February 2023

A new methodology calculates the soil properties most likely to preserve pollen.

Ash from the Sierra Negra volcano on Isla Isabela in the Galápagos Islands drifts across the sky during an October 2005 eruption.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions with Artificial Intelligence

by E. Underwood 3 December 20195 January 2022

A machine learning algorithm automatically detects telltale signs of volcanic unrest.

Students participating in Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s Secondary School Field Research Program pose for a photo in Lamont’s marine microbiology laboratory.
Posted inOpinions

Promoting Racial Diversity in Geoscience Through Transparency

by K. Dutt 3 December 201921 March 2023

Geoscience is notoriously lacking in diversity. Institutions can change this by making recruitment and selection processes transparent and by actively engaging minority students.

A group participating in an accessible geology field trip to the Grand Canyon.
Posted inOpinions

Creating Spaces for Geoscientists with Disabilities to Thrive

by A. M. Marshall and S. Thatcher 2 December 201921 March 2023

Flexible fieldwork options and more thoughtful recruitment efforts will better open our community to the diverse talent it needs.

Ice core with air bubbles
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Antarctic Ice Cores Offer a Whiff of Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 27 November 201920 April 2022

Bubbles of greenhouse gases trapped in ice shed new light on an important climate transition that occurred about a million years ago.

Map showing how much terrestrial water storage in some of the world’s major river basins contributes to sea level rise.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Closure on Sea Level Rise Budget

by Valeriy Ivanov 27 November 201928 October 2021

Terrestrial water loss may explain the lack of previous budget closure in global mean sea level rise.

Graphs showing how accurately four different models predict seasonal climate change.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Extreme Summer Heat over Europe Is Predictable Week-to-Week

by Alessandra Giannini 26 November 201914 February 2023

Forecasts made one to a few weeks in advance, known as “subseasonal to seasonal” predictions, show more skill in predicting extreme summer heat waves over Europe than spells of normal or cold weather.

Black-and-white photo of Hygiea, a nearly spherical celestial object
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Meet Hygiea, the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 26 November 201917 February 2023

New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet.

Ethan Baxter examining garnet samples on an island cliff in Sifnos, Greece
Posted inNews

Using Garnets to Explore Arc Magma Oxidation

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 26 November 20195 October 2022

Samples collected from Greece help researchers piece together a scientific puzzle.

An informal refugee camp in Bekka Valley, Lebanon.
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No Place to Flee

by W. Pollock and J. Wartman 25 November 201917 October 2022

The Syrian refugee crisis has had far-reaching consequences for geologic risk in neighboring Lebanon, providing insights into the interplay between forced displacement and natural disasters.

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