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Mapping Lightning Strikes from Space

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 13 March 202025 July 2022

A new technique spatially tracks lightning in real time and has been adapted by the National Weather Service.

Black-and-white photo of a rubble-filled city street and a queue of people filing out
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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.

Bathymetric map of the world’s oceans with continents blacked out
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Momentum Grows for Mapping the Seafloor

by Randy Showstack 9 December 201921 February 2023

Initiatives like the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project can help us better understand the ocean.

A true-color satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico on 17 July 2019
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Filling the Gaps in Ocean Maps

by X. Liu and M. Wang 21 November 20199 February 2022

A new software application merges ocean color data from instruments aboard two satellites to provide gap-free, near-real-time monitoring of the global ocean environment.

A brown cow grazing in a green meadow in Colombia
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How Conflict Influenced Land Use in Colombia

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 20 November 20192 November 2021

Researchers use new maps and statistical techniques to infer how armed conflict influenced land cover in the understudied Caribbean region of the country.

An iceberg floats in the Southern Ocean.
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Ship-Based Measurements Overestimate Southern Ocean Carbon Sink

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 19 November 201917 August 2022

New research suggests that combining ship- and float-based observations provides a more accurate measure of how much carbon the Southern Ocean absorbs.

Illustration of a boat sailing across a black background with colorful plankton in its wake
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Plankton Biodiversity Mapped Globally

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 14 November 20194 January 2023

A team of scientists sailed around the world to catalog the diversity of plankton species in the ocean. Their findings have important economic implications as climate warms.

Colorful satellite image of the location where a submarine canyon’s deep waters meet the Grand Bahama Bank
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How Do Submarine and Terrestrial Canyons Compare?

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 6 November 201929 June 2022

Insights from a new study could spark discoveries about Martian landscapes and also help researchers get to the bottom of canyon formation here on Earth.

Physical world map showing the tectonic plate boundaries with their movement vectors and selected hot spots
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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.

World maps showing estimated width and mean discharge of all mapped reaches
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Reconstructing Natural Streamflow at Unprecedented Resolution

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 3 September 201918 July 2025

A new research effort has mapped 35 years of naturalized streamflow for 2.94 million river reaches worldwide: an invaluable dataset for hydrology, biogeochemistry, ecology, and remote sensing.

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