After almost 4 decades of research, the JOIDES Resolution will retire in 2024, leaving the ocean floor in peace (for now).
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Advancing AI and Machine Learning Beyond Predictive Capabilities
A new cross-journal special collection invites contributions that unlock the next frontier in hydrology and Earth sciences through artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Earth’s Critical Zone Remains a Mystery Without its People
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals may only be possible if human activities are central to critical zone science.
Envisioning a Near-Surface Geophysics Center for Convergent Science
A recent effort identified how a proposed near-surface geophysics center integrating research and teaching could address critical challenges and promote community engagement and cultural change.
The Vanishing Scholar: Indigenous Erasure in Funding Data
Nonreporting of funding data and exclusion of communities from research harm Indigenous Peoples and contribute to their invisibility in science and society. We can and must do better.
Twenty Years of NSF Funding Show Racial Disparities
White principal investigators won a disproportionate share of National Science Foundation funding between 1996 and 2016, according to an analysis of public data.
NSF Plots a Course for the Next Decade of Earth Sciences Research
Committee members who put together the new report Earth in Time describe this as an “all hands on deck” moment for the field.
Science Agencies Play Catch-Up After the Shutdown
The National Science Foundation assesses the impact of the shutdown and prepares for another possible lapse in funding.
With Shutdown Over for Now, Science Agencies Pick Up the Pieces
Agencies and employees weigh the impact of the shutdown.
Federal Government Shutdown Stings Scientists and Science
Scientists say the shutdown is a message that the government considers science nonessential.