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.
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Grains of Sand: Too Much and Never Enough
Sand is a foundational element of our cities, our homes, our landscapes and seascapes. How we will interact with the material in the future, however, is less certain.
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Marine Science Goes to Space
Space and ocean scientists take a splash course in multidisciplinary science to chart our solar system’s ocean worlds.
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Last Tree Standing
Refugia repopulate forests after fires, but climate change is making these woodlands increasingly unpredictable.
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Are We Entering The Golden Age Of Climate Modeling?
Thanks to the advent of exascale computing, local climate forecasts may soon be a reality. And they’re not just for scientists anymore.
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Alumni Push Universities Forward on Climate
A tale of three institutions: How grassroots alumni organizations are encouraging climate action, with mixed results.