Scientists are working together to establish a standardized international scale for measuring and reporting the intensities and impacts of earthquake shaking.
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Deluges of Data Are Changing Astronomical Science
Astronomers today are more likely than ever to access data from an archive rather than travel to a telescope—a shift that’s democratizing science.
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Welcome to a New Era in Geosciences Data Management
Database Updates In the waning days of August 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 30 trillion gallons of water on Texas’s Gulf Coast. At least 68 people died. Hundreds of thousands of structures were flooded, and tens of thousands of people had to leave their homes. All told, the storm inflicted $125 billion in damages. […]
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Aumentando la visibilidad de la ciencia latinoamericana
Científicos y revistas latinoamericanas están fortaleciendo los sistemas de investigación, evaluación, publicación y comunicación para ayudar a redefinir las ideas sobre el éxito profesional, las cuales han sido determinadas principalmente por el Norte Global.
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Aumentando a Visibilidade da Ciência Latino-Americana
Cientistas e periódicos latino-americanos estão fortalecendo seus sistemas de pesquisa, avaliação, publicação e comunicação para redefinir ideias de sucesso profissional ditadas pelo Norte Global.
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Raising the Visibility of Latin American Science
Latin American scientists and journals are strengthening research, evaluation, publication, and communication systems to help redefine ideas of professional success that have largely been determined by the Global North.
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Climate Journalism Needs Voices from the Global South
Scientists from Africa, South America, and South Asia are more rarely consulted than their peers in the Global North. A new database aims to change that.
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Estableciendo el marco para la acción climática bajo el Protocolo de Montreal
Doce artículos fueron la base científica para la rápida acción que reforzó el tratado, el cual ya estaba salvaguardando el ozono estratosférico, para que también protegiera el clima al reducir los super contaminantes.
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Finding Climate History in the Rafters of New York City Buildings
When renovating in the Big Apple, you might acquire a several-hundred-year-old climate database along with your new kitchen and bath.
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Baked Contacts Focus a Lens on Ancient Lava Flows
Two studies, conducted 40 years apart, show how combining field observations and thermal modeling can reconstruct the history of massive lava flows and how they altered the surrounding landscape.