Researchers working on Hawaiian mountain tops precisely synchronized two clocks with unprecedented efficiency, demonstrating the potential to create networks of such clocks for geodesy and more.
Earth science
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Mud Could Have Made Meandering Rivers Long Before Plants Arrived
New evidence from 1.2-billion-year-old rocks suggests that single, sinuous channels could have formed in muddy floodplain sediments without the stabilizing help of vegetation.
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Education Lies Beneath the Clouds of Earth Observation
Cloud-based Earth Observation offers unique opportunities for education, but leveraging this requires new teaching methods that emphasize technical fundamentals, ethics, and stakeholder engagement.
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La tercera es la vencida para el Fagradalsfjall de Islandia
La región volcánica que hizo erupción en 2021 y 2022 después de más de 7 siglos de estar dormida, lo está haciendo de nuevo.
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How Much Terrestrial Precipitation is Used by Vegetation?
Precipitation is partly used by vegetation and partly transformed into river flow. Quantifying the amount of water that is directly used by vegetation is essential to decipher climate change’s impact.
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Hig Higman: Trekking Across the Last Frontier on the Hunt for Geohazards
Higman specializes in human-powered research expeditions in Alaska’s epic landscape.
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Yamina Pressler: Slowing Down, Appreciating Complexity, and Embracing Soil
The soil scientist draws inspiration from the earth beneath her feet.
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Jen Walton: Chaser of Storms and Lava
Walton founded Girls Who Chase to promote women in STEM.
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Digging Deep into Interactions Between the Core and Mantle
A new book presents major advances in our understanding of core-mantle interaction and co-evolution, and showcases technological developments improving our insights into deep Earth processes.
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The Inequality of Heat Stress
Residents in historically redlined neighborhoods deal with greater heat stress than other areas.