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The first six women to reach the South Pole stand at the site in 1969
Posted inOpinions

Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World

by K. Peggau 5 September 20198 October 2021

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first all-women research team in Antarctica.

Ranch near Anza, Calif.
Posted inNews

Wind-Triggered Ground Shaking Masks Microseismicity

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 20 August 201913 January 2022

Ground motion caused by gusts of wind can drown out signals from the smallest earthquakes, potentially confusing earthquake detection algorithms.

Scientist holding a magnetic instrument over a rock
Posted inGeoFIZZ

Scientists Who Selfie from the Field

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 July 20198 March 2022

How did the research trip go? Better check the selfies—I mean, field log.

Photo of rocky hot springs covered by yellow microbial mats
Posted inNews

Microbes Spotted in “Polyextreme” Hot Springs

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 June 20194 January 2023

Hot springs that are as acidic as battery acid are home to single-celled microorganisms that may indicate that life could have been sustained on ancient Mars.

Satellite image of a city between a volcano and a lake
Posted inNews

Eruption in El Salvador Was One of the Holocene’s Largest

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 5 June 201922 August 2023

Roughly 1,500 years ago, the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption blanketed Central America in ash and likely displaced Maya settlements, new research shows.

Men working on a makeshift platform in front of a populated valley
Posted inNews

Afghanistan’s Blob Hunters

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 3 June 201919 October 2021

How a first-of-its-kind team of Afghan scientists and engineers helped make a monolithic discovery.

Black-and-white photo of unsmiling white explorers at the South Pole
Posted inNews

Podcast: A Tale of Two Journeys

by Lauren Lipuma 20 May 201920 April 2022

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two parties journeying to the South Pole in 1911 and the extraordinary impact that weather had on their travels.

Posted inFeatures

The Search for the Severed Head of the Himalayas

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 25 April 20198 August 2023

To unearth the very first sediments to erode from the Himalayas, a team of scientists drilled beneath the Bay of Bengal.

Citizen Scientist Inspects gray Northern Fulmar carcass
Posted inOpinions

Science in This Century Needs People

by J. K. Parrish 22 April 201918 April 2023

An ecologist built an army of beach surveyors over 20 years and now has the world’s largest data set of marine bird mortality informing climate change and disaster studies.

A horizon on the ocean
Posted inNews

Ice Drove Past Indo-Pacific Climate Variance

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 2 April 20192 March 2023

Researchers used both terrestrial and marine proxy data to reconstruct the dramatic and dynamic climatic changes.

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