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Hackathon Participants Solve Global Problems—from Home

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 12 June 202031 October 2022

More than 200 participants from 38 countries joined the virtual INSPIRE Hackathon to solve problems in food security, transportation, and more.

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Road Dust: A Health Hazard Hidden in Plain Sight

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 7 November 201912 October 2022

Legacy heavy metals from past industrial activity combine with traffic paint; asphalt; and bits of tires, brakes, and car parts to create toxic dust on our roadways.

Peter Haugan and Manaswita Konar sit on a dais in front of a screen reading “The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change.”
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Ocean-Based Actions Provide Big Opportunities to Curb Emissions

by Randy Showstack 7 October 201927 March 2023

A new report outlines key areas to help mitigate emissions, including increased renewable energy, more efficient ocean-based transport, and advances in managing fisheries and aquaculture.

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This Bridge Monitors the Environment and Harnesses Tidal Energy

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 7 August 20199 May 2022

The “smart” Memorial Bridge spanning the Piscataqua is outfitted with a tidal turbine and more than 40 sensors.

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Contrails’ Climate Impact Could Triple by 2050

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 June 201913 March 2023

Contrail cirrus clouds have warmed the atmosphere more than all the carbon dioxide from planes since the dawn of aviation and will do so even more in the future.

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Novel Air Pollution Study Gauges Individual Cyclists’ Risks

by R. Kaufman 13 June 201717 March 2023

By attaching an array of instruments to bike commuters in New York City, researchers aim to evaluate ambient pollution amounts and doses at the level of an individual cyclist.

Instruments aboard the container ship Oleander have collected data on plankton since the 1970s.
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Packing Science into a Shipping Vessel

by T. Rossby, R. Curry and J. Palter 28 April 201718 October 2022

Oleander Workshop II: 25 Years of Operations; Narragansett, Rhode Island, 26–27 October 2016

An artist’s illustration of the Moon Express MX-1 lunar lander on the surface of the Moon.
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Government OK's Moon Express Mission to the Moon

by Randy Showstack 5 August 201622 July 2022

The company envisions the mission as a first step in bringing resources from the Moon back to the Earth.

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Climate Models Predict Diverse Arctic Ocean Shipping Routes

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 27 January 20168 November 2022

As ice melts, multiple models yield more detailed route predictions than any single model alone.

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Engineering Climate Change Resilience into New York Subways

by S. Lemonick 18 September 20158 March 2023

Impending renovations presented at a conference on transportation systems and climate extremes would keep hurricane-driven waters out of subsurface transit tunnels.

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