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Geohealth research flowchart.
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Connecting the Dots Between Geohealth Research and Health Policy

by Gabriel Filippelli 27 September 202326 September 2023

Geohealth research is typically focused on environment-health impacts, but including physical and social mechanisms, and health and non-health trade-offs, can result in better policy benefits.

Christopher Kyba studies light pollution and sustainable lighting solutions.
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Christopher Kyba: Luck in Light Pollution

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 July 202326 July 2023

A series of serendipitous encounters shaped Kyba’s path from particle physicist to dark sky defender.

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Mapeo de la convergencia entre pobladores, pesticidas y áreas protegidas

by Gabriel Filippelli 17 July 202318 July 2023

La exposición a pesticidas puede afectar la salud humana y de los ecosistemas. Una investigación reciente aplica modelos cartográficos en Ecuador, los cuales pueden ser exportados a otras escalas para limitar estos impactos adversos en otras regiones.

Map from the paper.
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Mapping Intersections of Pesticides, Protected Areas, and People

by Gabriel Filippelli 17 July 202318 July 2023

Pesticide exposures can impact human and ecosystem health, and new research uses a modeling approach applied to Ecuador that can be scaled and exported to limit negative impacts in other regions.

Map showing sample locations and a photo of an oil platform in the ocean.
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Remote Sensors See NO2 ‘Hot Spots’ from Offshore Oil Activity

by Jonathan H. Jiang 23 March 202321 March 2023

Satellites can see NO2 pollution from space, but can they detect individual oil and natural gas operations, and are the measurements accurate?

Sediment cores in vertical tubes sitting on a ship deck. Two people crouch next to cores.
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Seafloor Plastic Pollution Is Not Going Anywhere

by Sofia Moutinho 14 February 202314 February 2023

The amount of microplastics at the bottom of the Mediterranean is growing as global production increases and plastic breakdown is halted.

Illustration of a forest on the left side beneath a dark, starry sky that transitions to a cityscape on the right side, with bright lighting
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Starry Nights Are Disappearing

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 February 2023

Stars dim as the sky gets brighter, a result of expanding cities and bright LEDs. Simple low-tech changes can help preserve dark night skies.

Una pila de carbón sin procesar es fotografía desde arriba. La imagen está en tonos grises y negros y está más iluminada en el centro que en las orillas.
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Sedimentos lacustres registran el legado del carbón de Carolina del Norte

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 February 20238 February 2023

Los lagos contaminados con cenizas de carbón se encuentran en áreas residenciales y recreativas, provocando preocupaciones por la salud de los residentes locales y los ecosistemas.

Four graphs from the paper.
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Playing Bricks with Neural Networks to Learn Sorption Processes

by Xavier Sanchez-Vila 19 January 202318 January 2023

Designated neural network modules are combined to mimic numerically-discretized diffusion-sorption equations, which allows learning “missing pieces” in system understanding and their uncertainties.

Photo of skyscrapers along a waterfront
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Even at the Bottom of the World, the Ocean Is Belching Plastic

by Bill Morris 17 January 202331 January 2023

Plastic fills the air above Auckland, New Zealand.

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