A pioneering space plasma physicist who led the way in understanding how complex wave-particle interactions control Earth’s radiation belts and low-level auroral light emissions.Read More »Biogeosciences
Bubbles of greenhouse gases trapped in ice shed new light on an important climate transition that occurred about a million years ago.Read More »Planetary Sciences
New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
We have the potential to transform our understanding of Earth—if we can just figure out how to harness ever growing data streams.Read More »Natural Hazards
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.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Applying machine learning to subtle acoustic signals from an earthquake machine has revealed big clues about fault behavior in the lab.Read More »Climate Change
In the past, Lake Victoria dried out swiftly and often when rainfall was limited. Climate change might bring about those conditions again within a century.Read More »Climate Change
