Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.
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The Delicate Balance of Permafrost in Arctic River Floodplains
To evaluate the vulnerability of permafrost in Arctic floodplain landscapes to warming, scientists explore dynamics of its loss and reformation.
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Simulating Arctic Carbon Emissions in a Warming World
Not all climate models include carbon from thawing permafrost, and those that do often disagree. Scientists are working to better inform models and assess how these crucial materials are simulated.
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A Fuller Great Salt Lake Would Likely Narrow an Environmental Health Gap
Pacific Islander and Hispanic residents of Salt Lake City would benefit most from higher lake levels and reduced dust pollution.
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A Pirate River May Be Giving Mount Everest a Boost
Rapid erosion can cause mountains to rise—even the world’s tallest peak.
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Encuentran contaminación por cobre de 5,000 años de antigüedad cerca de las pirámides
Una nueva investigación geoarqueológica demuestra que la metalurgia en el antiguo Egipto provocó una importante contaminación en un puerto cercano.
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Volcanic Anatomy, Mapped as It Erupts
Testing during the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma demonstrated the value of near-real-time petrological analyses as a supplement to seismic and geochemical data for eruption monitoring.
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GeoTraductores Democratizan la Ciencia, Una Traducción a la Vez
Una colaboración para traducir los artículos de Eos al español está generando aumentos significativos en la involucración de las comunidades latinoamericanas y otros que hablan español.
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GeoTraductores Democratizes Science, One Translation at a Time
A collaboration to translate Eos articles into Spanish is yielding significant increases in engagement among Latin American and other Spanish-speaking communities.