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Finding Faults in Our Past: Uncovering the Messina Earthquake

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 December 20198 December 2022

The source of the deadly 1908 Italian earthquake may finally be identified, thanks to a fresh look at the geomorphology of the Strait of Messina.

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Podcast: The Johnstown Flood—A Most Avoidable Tragedy

by J. Speiser 16 December 201918 October 2022

How a dam failure near a small town in Pennsylvania continues to cast a shadow over the region more than 100 years later.

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A Dirty Truth: Humans Began Accelerating Soil Erosion 4,000 Years Ago

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 10 December 201915 November 2021

Recent research combining analysis of carbon dating, sediment accumulation rates, and pollen records from 632 lake beds worldwide finds deforestation tied to increased soil erosion.

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Digging Into 100 Years of AGU Treasures

by E. I. Garcia de Jesus and S. Edwards 4 December 20191 February 2022

AGU staff members spent an afternoon exploring the organization’s archives and unearthing gems from the past.

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Three Times Tectonics Changed the Climate

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 22 November 201931 October 2023

Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate.

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Podcast: A Nuclear Legacy Buried in Ice

Nanci Bompey, assistant director of AGU’s media relations department by N. Bompey 18 November 201928 October 2022

The radioactive remains of nuclear testing during the Cold War and from nuclear disasters like Chernobyl are still with us and can be found in some of the remotest glaciers on Earth.

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Podcast: Plate Tectonics, the Theory That Changed Earth Science

Nanci Bompey, assistant director of AGU’s media relations department by N. Bompey 22 October 20194 October 2022

Third Pod from the Sun talks with pioneering geophysicist Xavier Le Pichon about what it was like to be a young scientist challenging deeply held theories.

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Europe’s Mightiest Glaciers Are Melting

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 21 October 201928 July 2022

Here’s what a century of ice melt looks like on the Alps’ highest peak.

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Ancient Maya Farms Revealed by Laser Scanning

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 7 October 20193 November 2021

One agricultural network was 5 times larger than earlier estimates, and the fields may be an early source of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.

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This Is How the World Moves

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 1 October 20197 December 2022

In October, we celebrate AGU’s Centennial by looking under our feet, where the relatively new study of plate tectonics is evolving rapidly.

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