A marine biologist is studying coral reefs and making ocean sciences more tenable for young explorers.
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Tanja Amerstorfer: Forecasting Space Weather
The deputy head of the Austrian Space Weather Office built a supportive network.
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Riley Black: Bringing Fossils to Life
A fossil hunter paints visceral pictures with words about the lives of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.
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Lina Ceballos-Bonilla: Living in the Clouds
A meteorologist puts her training into action to coordinate an early-warning system for flooding around Medellín, Colombia.
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Adriana Alves: Creating an Inclusive Academy
One of few Black professors at an elite university in Brazil advocates for a more diverse and inclusive academic environment.
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Geoscience Departments Can “Phone a Friend” for Support
For a decade, the Traveling Workshops Program has provided customized assistance and expert facilitation to support geoscience groups as they adapt to shifting student and institutional interests.
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Are the Geosciences Failing Their Qualifying Exam Goals?
Scientists favor data-driven reasoning but administer graduate student qualifying exams with surprisingly little guiding data. Re-examining these exams may advance educational equity and quality.
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The Art of Doing Fieldwork on the Moon
How early-career planetary scientists are preparing to support the astronauts who will return to the lunar surface and beyond.
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Confined at Sea at the End of the World
Embedded on a research cruise in the Antarctic, a journalist joins a scientists’ “summer camp.”
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Geociencias para los jóvenes (y los de corazón joven) en el TierraFest
El festival de ciencias de la Tierra más grande de México tendrá nuevas actividades para acercar a las infancias a la ciencia, pero personas de cualquier edad también están invitadas a disfrutarlas.