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Posted inResearch & Developments

Geoengineering Fears on Display at Congressional Hearing

by Grace van Deelen 16 September 202516 September 2025

Misunderstandings and disinformation abounded at a 16 September hearing of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency about geoengineering—efforts to alter Earth systems for the purpose of mitigating climate change.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

EPA Proposes That Major Polluters No Longer Report Their Emissions

by Emily Gardner 12 September 202515 September 2025

The EPA proposed today that approximately 8,000 polluting facilities, including oil refineries, power plants, and steel mills, should no longer be required to report their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Underwater Glacier-Guarding Walls Could Have Unintended Consequences

by Saima May Sidik 12 September 202512 September 2025

Although they would likely impede the warm currents that melt glaciers, such walls would also likely block fish migration and nutrient upwelling, harming marine ecosystems and Greenland fisheries.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

When Is a Climate Model “Good Enough”?

by Saima May Sidik 10 September 202510 September 2025

Models will always have bugs. How do scientists decide which ones are most important and how many is too many?

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Posted inNews

Cruise to Measure Gulf Dead Zone Faces Stormy Funding Future

by Elise Plunk 5 September 20258 September 2025

Funding cuts are affecting The Pelican’s annual hypoxia cruise to investigate the environmental conditions off the coast of Louisiana.

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USDA Moves to Rescind Roadless Rule Protecting 45 Million Acres of Wild Area

by Emily Dieckman 28 August 202529 August 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects about 45 million acres (182,000 square kilometers) of National Forest System lands from road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvests.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

FEMA Puts Dissenting Staff on Indefinite Leave

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 August 202527 August 2025

More than a dozen FEMA staff, all signatories of that Katrina Declaration, were placed on indefinite administrative leave.

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Posted inEditors' Vox

Advances in Ecological Forecasting

by R. Quinn Thomas, Cayelan C. Carey, Eric R. Sokol, Melissa A. Kenney, Michael C. Dietze and Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 4 August 202531 July 2025

AGU and ESA invite contributions to a cross-society special collection on ecological forecasting across ecosystems and scales.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

Scientists Ask NSF to Keep Only Antarctic Icebreaker Afloat

by Grace van Deelen 29 July 202529 July 2025

On 28 July, more than 170 researchers sent a letter to National Science Foundation leaders and Congress, urging them to reconsider the decision to terminate the lease of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the United States’ only Antarctic research vessel-icebreaker (RVIB) and a key part of science operations around the White Continent.

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Kate Mulvaney: Bringing Human Dimensions to Water Resources

by Kimberly Cartier 28 July 202528 July 2025

From small coastal towns to international ocean treaties, this EPA scientist has helped integrate social science into how people study and protect natural water resources.

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