Sherman’s Lagoon creator talks to Eos about providing light-hearted entertainment while weaving in ocean facts and larger messages about threats to the ocean and its creatures.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
AGU’s former executive director turned his zeal for defending scientific integrity and for advancing Earth and space research into a 40-year career that enriched scientific pursuits around the world.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Andrew Wheeler brings a new tone and a vow of openness to the agency. However, he plans to pursue the same goal as his predecessor, which could weaken environmental regulations.Read More »Biogeosciences
Dead algae sinking to the ocean floor may have sequestered carbon 445 million years ago, triggering the glaciation that accompanied the Late Ordovician mass extinction.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
This bold mineralogist and feminist bucked norms that deemed geology unsuited for women. She contributed to meteoritics, science history, and petrology, including the analysis of Apollo Moon rocks.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
With Scott Pruitt's resignation, EPA deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, takes charge and is likely to continue the same deregulation and antienvironment policies.Read More »
A century after an asteroid crashed into Tunguska, Siberia, experts discuss the current lineup of missions to study asteroids and mitigate future disasters should another object from space hit Earth.Read More »
Multiple factors often interact to amplify the effects of severe storms, droughts, and other extreme water-related events.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
In an interview with Eos, Rep. Don Beyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee, details why he calls Pruitt “an embarrassment” to the Trump administration.Read More »
