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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.

Audrey Goeckner gathering sediment samples from a stormwater pond in Florida.
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Stormwater Ponds Are Carbon Sources, Not Sinks

by Robin Donovan 22 June 202222 June 2022

New research from Florida tracks carbon dioxide and methane emissions from human-created waterways.

Four photographs of Big Cypress National Preserve of South Florida.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Model for Self-Organized Pattern Formation

by Ton Hoitink 1 July 202111 February 2022

Scale-dependent feedbacks in time, rather than in space, result in a new type of competition, explaining the regularly patterned landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida.

A researcher stands above a large sinkhole, pouring green dye into draining water.
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Dyes and Isotopes Track Groundwater from Sink to Spring

by J. Besl 28 June 202116 February 2022

The hydraulic connection between a sinkhole and a natural spring—the longest and largest yet documented—could help reduce the guesswork in mapping karst aquifers.

Six sequential radar reflectivity scans of Hurricane Michael as it developed
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The Evolution of Observed Hurricane Eyewall Shapes

by Suzana Camargo 16 September 202025 February 2022

The observational evidence of the wind field of Hurricane Michael using radar imagery showed an eyewall structure evolution with elliptical, triangular, and square shapes for the first time.

Mangrove trees in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Florida.
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Florida Coastlines Respond to Sea Level Rise

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 1 April 202010 February 2022

For more than a century, carbon burial rates have been increasing on some southern Florida coasts. Scientists now verify this trend and propose an explanation.

Two dozen alligators gather in clusters in a swampy area of Everglades National Park
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Lost in the Everglades

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 27 March 202029 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: An unintentional adventure in the River of Grass shows how Florida has changed dramatically over 15,000 years of human habitation.

A mangrove forest next to a river in Puerto Rico
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Hurricanes Hit Puerto Rico’s Mangroves Harder Than Florida’s

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 201910 February 2022

The scale and pattern of damage to the Puerto Rican forests suggest a complex interplay between wind, land, and sea.

Two frosted glassy spheres with bumps and cracks on their surfaces
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“Glass Pearls” in Clamshells Point to Ancient Meteor Impact

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by R. Crowell 24 September 20197 March 2022

Research suggests that the spherical structures, smaller than grains of sand, may be microtektites, but additional investigations are needed to verify their identity.

A comparison between dolphins (circle) and humans (square and triangle) for urine concentrations of a phthalate metabolite commonly added to plastic.
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Dolphins in Florida Show Exposure to Phthalate Contaminants

by P. A. Sandifer 7 November 20187 March 2023

Scientists have detected exposure to phthalates among a majority of bottlenose dolphins sampled in Sarasota Bay, Florida (2016–2017), including some with levels comparable to those observed in humans.

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