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Research ecologist Steven Mirsky evaluates a cereal rye cover crop.
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Cover Crops, Sensors, and Food Security

by DJ McCauley 25 January 20214 November 2022

Forward-Thinking Ideas for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda

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Our Place in the Food Security Chain

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 25 January 20213 August 2025

In our February issue of Eos, we look at what role geoscientists have in ensuring everyone in our communities has a meal on the table.

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Using Earthquake Forensics to Study Subduction from Space

by S. Schneider and J. R. Weiss 19 January 202118 January 2022

Researchers combined satellite geodetic measurements of surface motion with a new geophysical data inversion method to probe the Chilean subduction zone in the wake of the 2010 Maule earthquake.

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Cape Cod: Shipwrecks, Dune Shacks, and Shifting Sands

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 8 January 20213 November 2021

Living in Geologic Time: How long will the cape keep its fist raised against the waves?

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The Best of Eos in 2020

by AGU 24 December 20205 October 2021

What Earth and space science stories stood out this year, and what are we looking forward to in 2021?

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To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 December 20203 November 2022

New research uses Hurricane Harvey as a case study to demonstrate the devastating power of aerosols to supercharge tropical storms.

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Sinking Fish May Fast-Track Mercury Pollution to the Deep Sea

by Carolyn Wilke 22 December 202018 March 2022

Isotopic analysis indicates that mercury found in deep-sea organisms may have an origin in carrion from near the surface.

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Tracking How Plastic Moves in the Coastal Ocean

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 21 December 20203 November 2021

Researchers used a wave tank to study the movement of plastic particles experimentally and to understand the role of particle density in drift behavior.

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Wildfires May Exacerbate Asthma in the Western United States

by A. Gold 18 December 202028 October 2021

A new study predicts that by the 2050s, wildfire smoke will cause the region to spend $850 million more every year to treat asthma.

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Corn Syrup Reveals How Bubbles Affect Lava’s Flow

by A. Gasparini 18 December 202028 October 2021

New research shows that huge bubbles can change the viscosity of lava and drastically affect how it moves across the landscape.

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