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Zdenka Willis: Sailing into a High-Tech Future
Finding the roots of responsibility and outreach in the military.
Cooper Elsworth: Cycling‑Inspired Science
A sustainability start-up provides a cross-disciplinary platform.
Joy Santiago: Charting Safety Through Mapmaking
An environmental planner proudly “helping the Filipino people.”
Jennifer Arrigo: Seeking Clean Water for Everyone
Science forges a partnership between academia and federal agencies.
Kristel Chanard: Trekking and Tracking Mountains
Researcher has the “coolest job” studying solid Earth and climate.
Looking Down to See Upwards
Hydrological observations of cosmic ray neutrons scattered by water in soil can also provide information on space weather events such as Forbush decreases and ground level enhancements.
Earth’s Continents Share an Ancient Crustal Ancestor
How did today’s continents come to be? Geological sleuths found clues in grains of sand.
Lightning Tames Typhoon Intensity Forecasting
Typhoons regularly drench densely populated western Pacific regions, but lightning could forecast intensity more than a day before a storm’s strength peaks.