Features
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The Promise of Proton Beam Therapy
This radiation treatment for cancer pinpoints tumors with precision—but not everyone can get it.
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Methane Matters
For a chemical compound that shows up nearly everywhere on the planet, methane still surprises us.
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Could COVID-19 Have Seasons? Searching for Signals in Earth Data
Explaining why some disease outbreaks have seasonal cycles, and predicting the timing of those cycles, remains a challenging problem.
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Illuminating Shark Exposure to Ecoestrogens
At Lake Apopka in Central Florida, the alligators have tiny penises.
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Mapping the Amazon
In spite of its clear significance to the planet, the expansive region is a complex and challenging place for remote sensing scientists to study.
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This Land is Our Land
It’s all about the open space. You begin to understand that while partaking in what’s virtually a Deerfield traiditon: the running of the small loop.
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Aerosols: Tiny Particles, Big Impact
Description goes hereTake a deep breath. Even if the air looks clear, it’s nearly certain that you’ll inhale tens of millions of solid particles and liquid droplets.
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Brown's new lab aims to decode body's protein
Light shines long past midnight from the large industrial sash windows of 70 Ship St., Brown University's new biomedical research facility located in the heart of the Jewelry District.
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What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires?
Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more likely.
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Alice’s Blend: The people behind the ghost bike saga
Ruth E. Rowan and Legba Carrefour aren’t the likeliest of pairs.
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Measuring War’s Effect on a Global Breadbasket
NASA Harvest researchers are using satellite observations and economic data to track how the Russia-Ukraine conflict is disrupting the global food system.
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Painted Glaciers
Description gExamining debris on top of Earth’s icy white canvases.
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A day without Glory
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Satellite Image of the Days
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Arkansas Farmers Face Lingering Floodwaters
Many growers have been forced to replant as a prolonged flood killed off crops in the Arkansas Delta.
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The Allure of Searles Lake Salts
Evaporite minerals from Searles Lake have similarities to minerals found on the asteroid Bennu.
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The Fast Fire Threat
Two decades of satellite data show that the most destructive U.S. fires burn in grasslands and shrublands fanned by strong winds.
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Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above
Satellites have played a key role in monitoring and reducing the rate of deforestation in the rainforest.
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Shrinking Lake Abert
As the lake in southern Oregon dries up, the remaining water is becoming too salty to support key food sources for birds.
Data Visualization Collaborations
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Just Another Day on Aerosol Earthist
Description goes hereDuring one day in August, tropical cyclones, dust storms, and fires spread tiny particles throughout the atmosphere.
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Weather Whiplash
The configuration of the polar vortex may have played a role in unleashing bitter cold followed by record warmth in North America.
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Earth’s Clouds on the Move
Marine storm cloud zones have shifted poleward and narrowed, and the changes are contributing to our planet’s growing energy imbalance.
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Confronting Florida’s Coral Collapse
After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the state’s vulnerable reefs.
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America’s Sinking East Coast
Critical infrastructure is threatened as sinking land amplifies global sea level rise.
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An Extra Air Pollution Burden
Research shows that neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., with more people of color are exposed to more air pollution and have higher rates of disease.
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Chasing Faces in the Stratosphere
A pair of NASA scientists have an unconventional hobby—searching through atmospheric data to find the rare moment when faces swirl up in their data. goes here
Blog Posts
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Help Find an Alphabet in the Sky
One of the first things that caught my eye when I started checking for interesting satellite imagery yesterday was this: an enormous “V” of smoke draped over northern Canada.
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10 Things the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
Nutrition experts argue that you can’t take marketing campaigns at face value.
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Carbon Dioxide Reaches Record Levels, Plus 6 Things to Know About the Greenhouse Gas
The broad consensus among climate scientists is that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing temperatures to warm, sea levels to rise, and oceans to grow more acidic.
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Bike and ped safety fund is back, but will it survive?
If approved, the funds could be used for traffic calming, sidewalk construction, intersection improvement, encouraging safe routes to schools, upgrading lighting, and purchasing equipment used to enforce traffic laws.