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Water Testing Builds Trust in Science as Maui Communities Recover
Following fires that ravaged the island in 2023, researchers educated residents about how wildfires affect water quality, and gathered data to determine how wildfire impacts change over time.
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How Volcanologists Can Improve Urban Climate Resilience
City-level strategies to cope with climate change can benefit from the insights of volcano scientists, who have long customized hazard information and communications for local communities.
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What’s Next for Science? Look in the Mirror
AGU24 gives us an opportunity to reflect on how science can grow in breadth and depth and how scientific communities can help define the future.
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The Five States Where Environmental Ballot Initiatives Triumphed
Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.
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Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods
Drought followed by torrential rain can unleash deadly floods in arid regions, like those that affected Libya in 2023.
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Lab to Legislature
More scientists are entering the political arena to help solve the biggest problems of our time.
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How to Get Elected Officials to Support Your Science
Whether as an officeholder or a challenger, the campaign trail is where U.S. candidates are uniquely open to new ideas. As former candidates for office, we have tips for a different kind of outreach.
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Fiber-Optic Cables Used to Measure Changing Soil Moisture
Scientists are using seismic techniques to measure soil moisture. Their results show that recent droughts in California depleted water in the shallow subsurface.
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Data to Decisions: Changing Priorities for Earth Observations
NASA is updating how it designs and implements Earth science missions to ensure their data and science reach users and decisionmakers faster and more effectively.