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Photograph of an opening called “Dingo Gap” from the Mars Science Laboratory rover “Curiosity” with an inset of the young scientist Marzieh Foroutan
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A Fallen Rising Star

by B. J. Thomson 27 January 20213 November 2022

The last works of Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan, an early-career martian geologist who was lost to us in 2020, have now been completed and published in JGR: Planets.

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Laike Mariam Asfaw (1945–2020)

by A. Ayele and C. Ebinger 23 October 2020

An ambassador for African geosciences and for Ethiopia, this celebrated geophysicist will be remembered for his contributions in research as well as his steadfast support of colleagues.

A smiling Casey Moore sits at a desk aboard the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution
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J. Casey Moore (1945–2020)

by C. Rowe and T. Byrne 5 August 20201 October 2021

This polymath Earth scientist pioneered multidisciplinary studies of subduction zones on land and at sea.

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Orson Anderson (1924–2019)

by R. C. Liebermann and D. Isaak 8 July 20205 January 2022

This pioneer in the field of mineral physics contributed mightily to our understanding of mineral properties at high temperatures and high pressures and of Earth’s interior.

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Adolphe Nicolas (1936–2020)

by F. Boudier, B. Coleman, B. Ildefonse, P. Kelemen and D. Mainprice 28 May 202012 January 2023

This decorated researcher and educator made major contributions to understanding mantle processes and the creation of oceanic crust at spreading ridges, together with public outreach on climate change.

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Walter C. Pitman III (1932–2019)

by B. Coakley, S. Cande and J. LaBrecque 10 April 202012 January 2023

Pitman pioneered research on seafloor spreading, proposed a scientific backstory to the Great Flood and Noah’s Ark, and reveled in spirited discussions of all kinds.

Taro Takahashi (right) and two students in Takahashi’s mineral physics laboratory at Alfred University, circa 1960
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Taro Takahashi (1930–2019)

by W. A. Bassett 12 March 202021 October 2021

This giant in geochemistry also pioneered early high-pressure, high-temperature studies that launched the field of mineral physics.

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Edward J. Smith (1927–2019)

by B. Tsurutani and M. M. Neugebauer 18 February 202026 January 2022

Pioneer in space plasma research and AGU Fellow (1992)

Photo of Richard M. Thorne seated at a table
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Richard Mansergh Thorne (1942–2019)

by R. B. Horne and B. Tsurutani 4 December 201931 January 2022

A pioneering space plasma physicist who led the way in understanding how complex wave-particle interactions control Earth’s radiation belts and low-level auroral light emissions.

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Nicholas Constantinos Matalas (1930–2019)

by R. M. Vogel, J. R. Stedinger and J. M. Landwehr 7 November 20191 March 2023

A modest giant in the field of stochastic hydrology.

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