Focusing on climate change and industrialization in Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula, researchers developed science questions that aim to reach far beyond any single discipline.
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What’s Next for the Anthropocene?
Researchers weigh in on the meaning and aftermath of the decision to reject designating “Anthropocene” as an official geological epoch.
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How Are Deep Soils Responding to Warming?
Scientists aim to integrate observations from deep-soil-warming experiments worldwide to better understand how ecosystems vital to food security and environmental health will react to climate change.
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Submarine Avalanche Deposits Hold Clues to Past Earthquakes
Scientists are making progress on illuminating how undersea sedimentary deposits called turbidites form and on reconstructing the complex histories they record. But it’s not an easy task.
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States of Mind
Regional programs offer models of success in science education and policy.
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Five Key Needs for Addressing Flood Injustice
Better data and assessment metrics—and improved researcher involvement in communities—are needed to understand and redress inequitable vulnerabilities to and recoveries from flooding.
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Trustworthy Satellite Earth Observations for Science and Society
Enhancing confidence in satellite observations of terrestrial properties like land surface temperature and soil moisture requires advances in validation and data quality assessment practices.
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Accelerating Toward Water Security
Halfway through the United Nations’ push for sustainable development, there is backsliding on the goal of “clean water and sanitation for all.” Water experts and stakeholders are out to change this.
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Ecosystem Observations from Every Angle
Proximal remote sensing provides a bridge between ecosystem flux data at Earth’s surface and optical data from satellite sensors, improving our grasp of feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and climate.
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Finding Common Ground in the Field to Inform Science Policy
The Kansas Geological Survey’s annual Field Conference takes scientists, producers, legislators, and public officials around the state to spark conversation about natural resources.