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The Art of Scientific Curation

by Kaylin Bugbee, Deborah Smith, Stephanie Wingo and Emily Foshee 19 May 202315 November 2023

Scientific content curation provides users across diverse disciplines and levels of experience with a valuable means of accessing relevant and reliable information amid the growing data landscape.

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Hunting for Methane Hot Spots at the Top of the World

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 26 April 202326 April 2023

A visit to an Alaskan wetland with some of the world’s highest lake marsh methane emissions brings scientists one step closer to understanding the phenomenon.

The increasing frequency and intensity of acute disasters are exposing more people to traumatizing events such as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans communities and forced thousands of residents from their homes in 2005.
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The Mental Toll of Climate Change

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 April 202318 September 2023

Researchers are more quickly acknowledging the many ways in which the global climate crisis is affecting our mental health.

The lower part of Bear Glacier, Alaska, tripled in velocity in 2019, a phenomenon largely attributable to an ice-dammed lake suddenly draining through it.
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Redefining “Glacial Pace”

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 24 April 202324 April 2023

As Earth’s climate warms, glaciers and ice sheets are retreating, cracking, and adding to sea level rise at record speeds.

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A Common Language for Reporting Earthquake Intensities

by David J. Wald, Sabine Loos, Robin Spence, Tatiana Goded and Ayse Hortacsu 21 April 202324 August 2023

Scientists are working together to establish a standardized international scale for measuring and reporting the intensities and impacts of earthquake shaking.

In this composite image of the Tarantula Nebula, the blue and purple patches represent X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the red and orange gas clouds, which look like roiling fire, represent infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Deluges of Data Are Changing Astronomical Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 27 March 202329 March 2023

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

by Saima May Sidik 27 March 202327 March 2023

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

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202311 September 2023

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

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202320 March 2023

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

by Humberto Basilio 20 March 202315 November 2023

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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