Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Science Writing
  • Media

Jenessa Duncombe

Science Writer

Jenessa Duncombe

Artificial Intelligence Can Spot Plankton from Space

Artificial Intelligence Can Spot Plankton from Space

September 6, 2019November 16, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

Eos — Training an algorithm with satellite images of ocean color reveals the blooms and busts of phytoplankton communities.

Read More
Scientists Praise Urgency, Aggressive Plans in Climate Town Hall

Scientists Praise Urgency, Aggressive Plans in Climate Town Hall

September 5, 2019November 16, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

Eos — Democratic candidates detailed their plans to address the “existential crisis” of our time. Climate scientists were happy to have a forum—and happier that it was substantive.

Read More
Forecasting Solar Storms in Real Time

Forecasting Solar Storms in Real Time

August 30, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — Predicting when solar storms will hit Earth remains a tricky business. To help, scientists can now submit their forecasts of coronal mass ejections online as they unfold in real time.

Read More
Devastating Floods Hit India for the Second Year in a Row

Devastating Floods Hit India for the Second Year in a Row

August 26, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — The deadly floods raise questions of land use and extreme precipitation trends.

Read More
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

August 14, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

Eos — The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.

Read More
What Wildfire Smoke Tells Us About Nuclear Winter

What Wildfire Smoke Tells Us About Nuclear Winter

August 8, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

Eos — A cloud of smoke from 2017 Canadian wildfires was so huge that it self-lofted and stayed in the atmosphere for 8 months. Scientists used it as an example for climate simulations of nuclear warfare.

Read More
Greenland Ice Sheet Beats All-Time 1-Day Melt Record

Greenland Ice Sheet Beats All-Time 1-Day Melt Record

August 2, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — More ice melted from the ice sheet on 1 August 2019 than any other day on record.

Read More
Newly Discovered Fossil Species Named After  Star Wars Starship

Newly Discovered Fossil Species Named After Star Wars Starship

July 30, 2019September 3, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — The 500-million-year-old species is a distant relative of today’s crabs, spiders, and insects.

Read More
Fossil Fuels Less Efficient Than Earlier Estimates

Fossil Fuels Less Efficient Than Earlier Estimates

July 26, 2019August 2, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — According to a new analysis, fossil fuel energy return on investment is on par with renewables.

Read More
What’s the True Shape of An Ocean Eddy?

What’s the True Shape of An Ocean Eddy?

July 25, 2019August 2, 2019 - Jenessa Duncombe - Comment is Closed

EOS.ORG — Ocean eddies spin round and round, but not in a perfect circle.

Read More

Posts navigation

1 2 3 4 … 8

I report on the latest research in the Earth and space sciences for Eos, the news service of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). In the past, I’ve written articles for universities and professional organizations. Read my bio here and my articles here.

What do I write about?

Atmospheric science Biology California Climate Change Disasters Drones Drought Emerging Technology Energy Policy Engineering Extinction Field Work Fires Floods Graduate School Health History of Science Interior Earth Landslides Life in STEM Maya Civilization Microorganisms Money Ocean Modeling Oceanography Physics Polar Science Pyrotechnics Rip Currents Safety Satellites Science Communication Scientific Instruments Sea Level Rise Space Sustainability Women in Science

Follow me on Twitter

Tweets by @jrdscience
© Jenessa Duncombe