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Grains of Sand: Too Much and Never Enough

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 January 202325 January 2023

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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Earth’s Orbit Is About to Get More Crowded

by Sarah Scoles 10 January 202310 January 2023

The military is launching a fleet of small, interconnected satellites to collect data, track missiles, and aim weapons.

Rows of green leaves and grass grow between the dry stubble of already harvested wheat.
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Satellite Data Reveal Uptick in Cover Cropping on Farms

by Katherine Kornei 20 December 202220 December 2022

Over the course of a decade, farmers growing corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest increased their adoption of cover cropping—a tenet of so-called conservation agriculture—by fourfold.

3D rendering of Earth
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Are We Entering The Golden Age Of Climate Modeling?

by Mark Betancourt 21 November 202230 November 2022

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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AGU Books Expands into Advanced Textbooks

by Jenny Lunn and Summers Scholl 8 November 20228 November 2022

Find out more about the AGU Advanced Textbook Series that enables upper undergraduate- and graduate-level students to engage with primary literature and develop skills of critical analysis.

Monash University Professor Andrew Tomkins (left) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Ph.D. scholar Alan Salek examine a ureilite meteorite sample at the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility.
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Rare Meteorites Shed Light on Diamond Formation

by Katherine Kornei 18 October 202218 October 2022

By studying meteorites believed to be remnants of the catastrophic breakup of a dwarf planet, researchers are learning how lonsdaleite, a particularly hard type of diamond, forms in nature.

Photograph of USGS scientists collecting soil and worms at a site on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, that was contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Widespread “Forever Chemicals” in Subsurface Environments

by Dengjun Wang and Xueyan Lyu 30 September 202230 September 2022

Massive use of materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in commercial and industrial sectors has led to their widespread occurrence in subsurface environments.

Researchers Roman Sidortsov and Timothy Scarlett stand in the snowy weather looking at a historical map of a mine site.
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Can Decommissioned Mines Become Green Power Generators?

by Sarah Derouin 29 September 202229 September 2022

A new report supports the idea that underground mines can be transformed into energy storage facilities, adding the possibility of on-demand, carbon-free power to energy grids.

Satellite image of clouds and ship tracks in the Pacific Ocean south of Alaska
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Tracking Climate Through Ship Exhaust

by Humberto Basilio 27 September 202218 October 2022

International regulations have reduced aerosol pollutants released from ships. Now, researchers want to use ship tracks to better understand the ambiguous effects that cleaner air has on climate.

Close-up of green olivine sand grains
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Can These Rocks Help Rein in Climate Change?

by Tim Hornyak 27 September 202227 September 2022

Spreading olivine on beaches could accelerate ocean uptake of carbon dioxide and potentially limit climate change. The concept and execution still face some scrutiny from scientists.

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