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Как необычная дружба разрушила мифы о вечной мерзлоте

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 20 September 202320 September 2023

“Прекрасные долгие споры” между американским ученым и российским исследователем помогли прояснить несколько фундаментальных предположений о таянии вечной мерзлоты.

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Fair Seas for All

by Peter Zeitler 2 August 202331 August 2023

Work at sea is key to our science, but, too often, transgender and gender-diverse scientists face obstacles and harassment that make field research a trial. A few simple steps can make things more inclusive.

Bretwood “Hig” Higman stands on a landslide hummock on the shore of Taan Fjord. In 2015, the landslide visible in the background triggered a 193-meter (633-foot) tsunami in the area.
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Hig Higman: Trekking Across the Last Frontier on the Hunt for Geohazards

by J. Besl 25 July 202325 July 2023

Higman specializes in human-powered research expeditions in Alaska’s epic landscape.

Photo of a person looking at the camera while standing on rocks by a water body.
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Eiko Kitao: Fossil Hunter and Passionate Educator

by Mackenzie White 25 July 202325 July 2023

From uncovering giant ground sloths to helping build a fossil database, Kitao goes above and beyond as a laboratory technician at Santa Barbara City College.

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Jen Walton: Chaser of Storms and Lava

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 25 July 202326 July 2023

Walton founded Girls Who Chase to promote women in STEM.

Darin Schwartz, a postdoctoral researcher at Boise State University, directs deployment of a rock dredge in the South Pacific from the deck of the R/V Atlantis in 2019.
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Into the Wild Blue Yonder

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 25 May 202326 May 2023

Fieldwork takes scientists from the eye of a hurricane to the depths of the sea.

Hurricane Hunters approach Hurricane Florence in 2018.
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Hunting Hurricanes

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 25 May 202325 May 2023

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters risk their lives each time they fly into the eye of a storm to collect crucial data for forecasting, hurricane modeling, and research.

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Harpy Eagles Concentrate Precious Nutrients in the Amazon

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 10 May 202325 May 2023

Amazon soils are usually low in the nutrients that plants covet, but harpy eagles can create local hot spots with their poop and prey.

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Dating the World’s Tallest Trees

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 27 April 202319 May 2023

Scientists analyzed more than 1.2 million trees to assemble chronologies of annually dated rings, which will inform fields ranging from climate science to seismology.

An aerial photograph of a remote, forested lake surrounded by forest.
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Hunting for Methane Hot Spots at the Top of the World

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 26 April 202326 April 2023

A visit to an Alaskan wetland with some of the world’s highest lake marsh methane emissions brings scientists one step closer to understanding the phenomenon.

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