• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

business & industry

A lit gas stove
Posted inNews

Hazardous Air Pollutants Found in Cooking Stove Gas

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 19 July 202222 December 2022

A Boston study revealed that natural gas piped into homes contained 21 toxins on the EPA’s hazardous air pollutant list.

A ship sails through sea ice.
Posted inNews

Arctic Shipping Routes Are Feeling the Heat

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 6 July 202218 October 2022

Climate science and the global shipping industry collide in an ice-poor Arctic.

A view from underwater, looking through blue water, ripples, and bubbles toward light at the surface
Posted inNews

Loss of Ocean Memory Has Implications from Forecasting to Conservation

Ilima Loomis, Science Writer by Ilima Loomis 10 June 202227 March 2023

New research indicates climate change may thin the mixed layer and contribute to a reduction of sea surface temperature anomalies.

Brown river water rushes through a downtown area with industrial and residential buildings in the background.
Posted inNews

U.S. Businesses May Be Required to Report Emissions, Climate Risk

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 22 March 20221 June 2023

The proposed rules seek to give investors more complete and standardized climate risk information. The move would bring U.S. policy closer to international standards.

Coals smolder in a dark fireplace.
Posted inNews

Coal Seam Fires Burn Beneath Communities in Zimbabwe

by Andrew Mambondiyani 15 February 202227 March 2023

Underground fires threaten the health of people and livestock living near mines supporting the country’s growing coal industry.

Stylized illustration of Earth surrounded by silhouettes of people’s heads in different colors
Posted inOpinions

Moving Beyond the Business Case for Diversity

by Rebecca Haacker, Melissa Burt and Marissa Vara 9 February 202210 May 2022

Efforts to diversify the geosciences must evolve from transactional to transformational, emphasizing the inclusion of and equity for individuals over the benefits they bring to institutions.

Example of how, given the presence of aurora, an over-the-horizon radar based in Scotland might be used to track an aircraft at 10 km altitude in a region to the north.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Can Aurora Enhance Radar Monitoring of Arctic Aviation?

by Michael A. Hapgood 2 February 202215 March 2022

Enhanced E-region ionization produced by the aurora can be used to reflect signals from over-the-horizon radars and thus enable those radars to better monitor aviation in Arctic regions.

Ocean thermal energy conversion plant on Kume Island, Japan
Posted inFeatures

The Century-Old Renewable You’ve Never Heard Of

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 24 January 20221 June 2023

Ocean thermal energy conversion could power the world’s tropical islands, if it ever gets out of the “innovation valley of death.”

An underwater photograph of black potato-sized polymetallic nodules scattered on the seafloor
Posted inFeatures

The 2-Year Countdown to Deep-Sea Mining

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 24 January 202230 June 2022

A small island nation is forcing the hand of international regulators to finalize rules for deep-sea mining, but scientists say the environmental consequences are not yet clear.

Image of a sawmill in Northern California.
Posted inNews

Clever Wood Use Could Mitigate Wildfires and Climate Change

by Andrew Chapman 5 January 20221 June 2023

California plans to use forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk. New research suggests the state could also see a climate benefit by repurposing waste wood produced by thinning.

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 15 Older posts

Features from AGU Journals

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
Geophysical Research Letters
“Neural Networks Map the Ebb and Flow of Tiny Ponds”
By Sarah Derouin

EDITORS' HIGHLIGHTS
Community Science
“Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring”
By Muki Haklay

EDITORS' VOX
Reviews of Geophysics
“What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Tipping Elements”
By Seaver Wang

Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2023 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic