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Close-up of a booted foot and the head of a hoe as dark soil is turned. Young corn plants are out of focus in the background.
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The Nutrient-Rich Legacy in the Amazon’s Dark Earths

by Kate Evans 23 March 202223 March 2022

Fertile terra preta soils were created through centuries of carefully managed land use. Scientists are taking cues from these soils to better sequester carbon and improve soil for agriculture.

The voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa sails with Cape Town, South Africa, in the background.
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Navigating the Pacific with Wind, Waves, and Stars

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 24 February 202224 February 2022

Ancient Polynesian voyagers sailed thousands of kilometers with no maps or compasses; they followed nature’s clues. Using the same tools, the Moananuiākea Voyage will set sail from Alaska and circle the Pacific.

Navajo woman leaning against a fence
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Academic Citations Evolve to Include Indigenous Oral Teachings

by Katherine Kornei 9 November 202110 November 2021

A librarian has developed citation templates for oral teachings shared by members of Indigenous communities.

Orange sky from a sunrise fills the sky beyond a mountain summit and clouds.
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Reframing Funding Strategies to Build Reciprocity

by Diamond Tachera 13 October 20215 January 2022

Extractive and exploitive practices erode trust in Western science among Indigenous communities. Changing funding structures is one way to develop reciprocity and respect and repair relationships.

Exposed Precambrian bedrock in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota
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Recognizing Geology’s Colonial History for Better Policy Today

by Maddy Nyblade and Jenn McDonald 7 September 202121 March 2022

The Minnesota Geological Survey has contributed to the dispossession of homelands from Indigenous Peoples. The agency is creating more just policies.

Three college students in face masks talk in a classroom.
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New View of Expanding Perspectives in the Geosciences

by Humberto Basilio 26 August 202121 March 2022

Earth and environmental sciences have some of the least diverse racial and ethnic representation in academia. To face profound future challenges, the fields need to address the inequities of the past and how they inform the present.

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Rebecca Charbonneau: The Future of Scientific History

by Camilo Garzón 24 August 202121 March 2022

Historian finds the liberal arts support a deeper study of science.

Rock pick, compass, and other tools of geology on a table with a map in the background
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Teaching Geoscience History in Context

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 9 March 20218 October 2021

The history of geoscience is filled with racist ideology and problematic foundational figures. A new set of modules aims to help educators by offering more inclusive context for inequities in the field today.

Aerial image of the braided channels of the Waimakariri River
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The River’s Lizard Tail: Braiding Indigenous Knowledges with Geomorphology

by Kate Evans 14 September 20208 October 2021

Indigenous Knowledges can be accurate, rigorous, and precise, say researchers in New Zealand, and they can help geomorphologists see landscapes in a new, richer way.

Five people hike through a green-forested area in central Puerto Rico on a sunny day.
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Manteniendo el Conocimiento de la Ciencia Indígena Fuera de un Molde Colonial

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 May 20208 October 2021

Un nuevo modelo de trabajo podría ayudar a los científicos a diseñar y facilitar la investigación que cumpla tanto los estándares de ética científica como los culturales, al trabajar con conocimiento indígena acerca del clima y el ambiente.

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