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Verdaderas soluciones climáticas están debajo de nosotros

by Peter Reiners 29 July 20257 August 2025

Es momento de aceptar que el almacenamiento duradero de carbono en el subsuelo, junto con la reducción de emisiones, debe ser parte del plan para mitigar los efectos del cambio climático, y las geociencias deben desempeñar un papel central.

Vista satelital de estanques rectangulares de evaporación usados para extrcción de litio localizados dentro de una sal blanca brillante.
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Preocupaciones sobre el litio, el agua y el clima en los dos desiertos más altos de la Tierra

by Lan Cuo 27 May 202526 June 2025

La extracción de salmuera para satisfacer la demanda de recursos en medio de la transición a energías renovables está afectando los recursos hídricos en Sudamérica y China. Los hidrólogos pueden ayudar a comprender cómo y a sumarse a la búsqueda de soluciones.

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Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education

by Mark Moldwin 9 May 202528 July 2025

They can use their position and collective power to influence institutional actions and mobilize to support more vulnerable colleagues.

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Real Climate Solutions Are Beneath Us

by Peter Reiners 2 May 202526 February 2026

It’s time to accept that durable subsurface carbon storage, along with emissions reductions, must be part of the plan to mitigate the effects of climate change—and geoscience must play a central role.

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Beyond Majesty and Myths: Facing the Realities of Mountainside Development

by Shashank Anand 4 April 202529 September 2025

Expansive construction in fragile mountain environments is often pursued without adequate consideration of heightened hazards and local concerns, putting people and infrastructure at greater risk.

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The Valuable, Vulnerable, Long Tail of Earth Science Databases

by Andrea K. Thomer, John W. Williams, Simon Goring and Jessica L. Blois 20 March 202523 June 2025

Community-curated data resources in the Earth sciences, highly valuable but systematically underfunded, are vital to research on a changing planet.

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Expedition 403: Sailing the Last Expedition of the JOIDES Resolution

by Adriane Lam, Gryphen Goss and Nicole Greco 28 February 202521 September 2026

Early-career geoscientists share melancholy memories about hard science and intangible networks of collaboration.

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Deep Groundwater Might Be a Sustainable Solution to the Water Crisis

by Claudia Bertoni, Fridtjov Ruden, Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan and Helene Ruden 27 February 202526 February 2026

Scientists are finding fresh groundwater buried deep underground, but questions remain about the scale of these resources, how they’re resupplied, and whether they can be used sustainably.

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La importancia de la enseñanza de la justicia en las geociencias

by Gary A. Gomby 11 February 202524 March 2025

Los educadores de las geociencias tienen una deuda con sus estudiantes: deben incorporar conversaciones sobre justicia ambiental e igualdad en sus aulas. Los estudios de caso son una forma efectiva de hacerlo.

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When Climate Research Fuels Climate Myths: Author Insights from a Misused Publication

by Julia R. Andreasen 3 February 20254 February 2025

By equipping ourselves with preventive strategies, mitigation tools, and trusted networks, we can guide misinformed conversations back to accuracy and preserve the value of rigorous research.

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