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Large industrial fan that physically removes carbon dioxide from the air sits outside a worksite in Iceland.
Posted inNews

Direct Air Capture Offers Some Promise in Reducing Emissions

by Randy Showstack 10 December 20198 February 2023

The method offers potential in helping reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but faces technological and economic hurdles.

Ring Mountain in California
Posted inAGU News

A Streetcar for the Digital Age

by K. McCarthy 6 December 201910 November 2021

A Streetcar to Subduction for the digital age: AGU revises a classic guidebook using Google Earth.

Black-and-white illustration of Captain Ahab on the deck of a ship
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Was Ahab Truly “Lord of the Level Loadstone”?

by D. Dorritie 4 September 201930 September 2021

Herman Melville’s bicentennial provides a good excuse to examine how well the Pequod’s monomaniacal mariner knew his geomagnetic magic.

Mineralized vug in granite
Posted inEditors' Vox

Developments in the Continuing Search for New Mineral Deposits

by S. Decrée and L. Robb 18 July 20199 November 2021

New developments in the science of ore genesis and exploration could address the challenges of finding new mineral deposits for our increasingly materialistic world.

Mount St. Helens memorial at Johnston Ridge Observatory
Posted inFeatures

Honoring Volcanologist David Johnston as a Hero and a Human

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 June 20192 May 2022

A new biography details the life and legacy of the scientist who died on Mount St. Helens.

Apollo 11 rocket blasts off
Posted inNews

New Book Examines the Legacy of Apollo

by Randy Showstack 21 May 201926 January 2022

As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing nears, a new book looks back on the race to the Moon.

Petroleum Engineering: Principles, Calculations, and Workflows
Posted inEditors' Vox

Integrated Workflow Approach for Petroleum Engineering Problems

by M. Sanni 24 October 20188 November 2021

The author of a new book describes the challenges faced in making calculations for hydrocarbon exploration and extraction and how an integrated workflow approach can reduce uncertainties.

Sherman’s Lagoon comic panel showing Sherman and Hawthorn reading Eos.
Posted inFeatures

Dive into Ocean Issues with Sherman’s Lagoon

by Randy Showstack 16 July 201821 December 2022

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.

Quantifying Uncertainty in Subsurface Systems ISBN: 978-1-119-32586-4
Posted inEditors' Vox

Quantifying Uncertainty About Earth’s Resources

by J. K. Caers 6 June 201815 September 2026

A new book explores how uncertainty quantification can enable optimal decisions in the exploration, appraisal, and development of subsurface resources.

An illustration from the children’s book The Tantrum That Saved the World by Michael Mann and Megan Herbert.
Posted inNews

Raising a Tantrum About Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 1 June 201828 March 2023

One year ago today, President Trump vowed to exit the United States from the Paris climate pact. Eos discusses this with climatologist Michael Mann, author of the new book The Tantrum that Saved the World.

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Announcing the New AGU Publications Editors-in-Chief Starting in 2027

6 November 20266 November 2026
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