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Posted inScience Updates

Life Teems Below the Surface

by J. Chorover, E. Aronson, J. McIntosh and E. Roden 24 September 202022 November 2021

Scientists are resolving how plants, microbes, and lithology sculpt the structure of the critical zone.

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Posted inAGU News

Next Steps for the Critical Zone

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 24 September 202022 March 2022

In October, Eos examines a pivotal point for a field of science that’s starting to make a name for itself.

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Posted inFeatures

Critical Zone Science Comes of Age

by P. Waldron 24 September 202022 March 2022

The developing field, which unites Earth scientists to examine the planet’s surface as a single, unified entity, is unraveling the complex, interconnected processes that support life on Earth.

Charts showing the system performance of the flood protection strategy and conventional systems
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Rainwater Harvesting Can Reduce Flooding as Well as Saving Water

by Jim Hall 23 September 202024 February 2023

Weather forecasting can greatly improve benefits of rainwater harvesting.

Aerial photo of Cayos Cochinos, a series of small coral cays off the Caribbean coast of Honduras
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Scientists Support Local Activities to Rescue the Mesoamerican Reef

by J. Rodriguez 15 September 20203 November 2022

The reef’s report card analyzed 286 sites in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Communities, scientists, and governments are working to improve coral and ecosystem resilience.

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Cratons Mark the Spot for Mineral Bonanzas

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 11 September 20209 November 2021

A new map of the thickness of Earth’s lithosphere contains clues to large deposits of key metals.

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Posted inScience Updates

Exploring by Boring: Geothermal Wells as Research Tools

by T. Jordan, P. Fulton, J. Tester, H. Asanuma and D. Bruhn 10 September 20205 December 2022

As part of an effort to develop a geothermal energy source beneath its campus, Cornell University is planning to probe the “boring” old continental crust upon which many people live.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Forest Degradation Affects Carbon and Water Cycles

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 25 August 202031 March 2023

Forest degradation may be as widespread as deforestation in the Amazon, but its impact on energy, carbon, and water fluxes is less well understood.

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Deep-Sea Mining May Have Deep Economic, Environmental Impacts

by James Dacey 3 August 202024 April 2025

A new report supports the creation of a compensation fund for nations that rely on terrestrial mining, but it fails to dispel environmental concerns over deep-sea mining.

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Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska

by A. Bender, R. Lease, J. V. Jones III and D. Kreiner 29 July 20206 December 2021

Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical mineral resources across the Alaska-Yukon border.

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