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Un lago rodeado por montañas rocosas
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El ADN de los sedimentos lacustres revelan el impacto de los peces introducidos

by Jasmin Galvan 5 March 20255 March 2025

La trucha no nativa ha alterado la diversidad del zooplancton que habita en los lagos de gran elevación.

A lake surrounded by rocky mountains
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DNA in Lake Sediment Reveals the Impact of Introduced Fish

by Jasmin Galvan 13 December 20245 March 2025

Non-native trout have altered the diversity of zooplankton that live in high-elevation lakes.

Microphotograph of diatoms of various shapes and sizes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Machine Learning Enhances Image Analysis in Biogeosciences

by Dork Sahagian 6 November 20245 November 2024

Machine learning can enhance our ability to identify communities of microorganisms and how they change in response to climate change over time.

A photo of an Antarctic ice shelf in the process of calving (meaning a section is breaking off the front to become an iceberg). The water in front of the ice shelf is a deep blue.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Phytoplankton Shield Ice Shelves from Summer Heat

by Saima May Sidik 20 September 202420 September 2024

Spring blooms shade Antarctic ice shelves, causing them to melt 7% more slowly than they would if they were surrounded by clear, bloomless waters.

Satellite image of the Barents Sea in the Arctic, with a blue phytoplankton bloom curving across the ocean
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The Many Adventures of Nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean

by Emily Dieckman 9 August 20248 August 2024

New research reviews how our atmosphere’s most abundant element cycles through the Arctic Ocean—and how climate change could affect the process.

A river flowing through a forest.
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As the River Flows the Colors Sparkle

by Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 6 August 20245 August 2024

Diving into the science behind river color and its relationship with flow.

Photo of Dr. Jaclyn Clement Kinney
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Introducing the New Editor-in-Chief of the ESS Open Archive

by Jaclyn Clement Kinney 22 July 202422 July 2024

Learn about the person taking the helm of the Earth and Space Science Open Archive and their vision for the coming years.

A large plume of gray-brown smoke and ash covers most of the sky above the waterfront in Hobart Harbor, Tasmania, Australia.
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The Open Ocean, Aerosols, and Every Other Breath You Take

by Rachel Shelley, Morgane M. G. Perron, Douglas S. Hamilton and Akinori Ito 1 March 20241 March 2024

Phytoplankton and other marine plants produce half of Earth’s atmospheric oxygen and have big effects on food webs and climate. To do so, they rely on nutrients from the sky that are hard to quantify.

A satellite photo of a dark ocean with swirls of light blue
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New Satellite Will Help NASA Keep PACE with Earth Systems

by Emily Shepherd 5 February 20245 February 2024

Color and light measurements will help scientists better assess how our oceans and atmosphere interact.

Visualization of the Kuroshio current.
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Nutrients at Depth Can Be Uplifted by the Kuroshio Large Meander

by Takeyoshi Nagai 8 December 20238 December 2023

Aperiodic, southward deflection of the Kuroshio, a.k.a. the Kuroshio large meander, uplifts the nutrients in deep layers to induce offshore phytoplankton bloom.

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