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The active volcano of Popocatépetl is pictured as seen from the International Space Station.
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Popocatépetl’s Wake-Up Call: Transforming Volcanology in Mexico

by Roberto González 11 January 202416 February 2024

The 1994 eruption of “Don Goyo” in central Mexico accelerated an academic interest in volcanology.

The Han dynasty wall is a brown structure of grass-filled layers.
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Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall

by J. Besl 2 January 202423 September 2024

Looking for Climate Clues in China’s Great Wall
In northwestern China, desert conditions have preserved the farthest reaches of the Great Wall. Scientists are now exploring 2,000-year-old building materials for signs of the region’s past climate.

Arches within the Church of the Acheiropoietos
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Climate Change Turns Up the Heat in Greek Museums

by Gabriella Lewis 15 December 202315 December 2023

Museums and historic buildings use indoor microclimates to preserve artifacts, but rising temperatures could create a breeding ground for pests, mold, and deterioration.

Comparison of two mussel beds, one in 1984 and one in 2023
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Ocean Warming Is Wiping Out Southern California’s Mussel Beds

by Madeline Reinsel 14 December 202314 December 2023

Historic photographs reveal the dramatic retreat of mollusks as warmer waters take a toll on the health of the intertidal zone.

In this photograph of Jiang Co, a cloudy sky casts shadows over low hills in the background while the lake water, in the midground, features gray-blue-green tones. Spiky tufts of brown grass grow on the shores in the foreground, with dark angular cobbles studding reddish sand.
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Mammal Droppings Preserve Human and Climate History on the Tibetan Plateau

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 11 December 202327 September 2024

Geochemical signatures in sediment, which includes organic molecules from human and animal poop, help scientists track the rise and fall of the Tibetan Empire.

An image of a beige cave wall shows cave art, drawn in thin black lines. The art depicts animal figures, one of which looks like a lion’s head.
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Carbon Dating Reveals the Timing of Puerto Rican Cave Art

by Grace van Deelen 9 November 20239 November 2023

New dates from cave art pigment add to evidence that Indigenous Puerto Ricans inhabited the island for millennia.

Una página de un texto antiguo con un dibujo de círculos y otras formas representando un eclipse.
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Registros de eclipses fechan erupciones volcánicas de los siglos XII y XIII

by Kate Evans 30 October 202330 October 2023

Registros antiguos de lunas oscuras y lunas de sangre ayudan a los científicos a vislumbrar erupciones pasadas y sus efectos en el clima global.

A black-and-white aerial photograph of an early 20th-century U.S. naval battleship on a calm sea.
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Crowdsourced Science Pulls Off a Daring WWII Data Rescue

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 20 October 202320 October 2023

Newly declassified documents are making wartime weather observations in the Pacific Theater more robust, and could improve climate models today.

An image of the Sun in ultraviolet wavelengths shows a large solar flare occurring.
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Aurora Records Reveal Shortened Solar Cycle During Maunder Minimum

by Nathaniel Scharping 10 October 202310 October 2023

Fastidious night sky observations from Korean historical texts provide a novel source of evidence for an altered solar cycle during periods of low magnetic activity.

Six birds sit on a power line and one bird sits on a lower power line in front of a blue and cloudy sky.
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Bird Biodiversity Reports Reflect Cities’ Redlined Past

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 October 202310 October 2023

The lack of bird records in formerly redlined areas creates an inaccurate picture of urban biodiversity, leading to gaps in conservation efforts.

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