EOS.ORG — As the climate warms, tropical birds living in the mountains are retreating to higher elevations to avoid the heat. What happens when they run out of mountain slope to escape to?
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Jenessa Duncombe
Microplastics Found in Human Stool
EOS.ORG — Tiny slivers of plastic are making it all the way into humans’ guts and into their feces, a new study shows.
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Making Sense of Landslide Danger After Kerala’s Floods
EOS.ORG — Scientists traveled to Kerala, a state in India recently devastated by severe monsoon rains. They found a vulnerable population that will soon face fresh landslide risks as a new monsoon approaches.
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Can You Express Your Science in 17 Syllables?
EOS.ORG — Researchers are taking to Twitter to tell the world about their research through the lines of haiku. Now it’s your turn!
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Lidar Uncovers Thousands of New Maya Structures
EOS.ORG — Jungle-piercing lidar surveys over ancient Maya sites give scientists the most extensive maps of lowland Maya civilization to date.
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Hack Weeks Gaining Ground in the Earth and Space Sciences
EOS.ORG — Workshops that fuse traditional learning with Silicon Valley–inspired “hack sessions” are giving scientists a new venue to build community and sharpen their skills.
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Massive Ocean Waves May Play a Role in Nuisance Flooding
EOS.ORG — When huge planetary waves that spawn in the open ocean reach land, they can raise local sea levels along the coast. Could tracking these waves help scientists predict flooding months in advance?
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How Forecasting Models Are Changing the Way We Fight Fires
EOS.ORG — As the wildfire season continues to blaze, scientists at the National Weather Service have been turning to satellites and numerical models to aid firefighters on the ground.
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Severe Drought May Have Helped Hasten Ancient Maya’s Collapse
EOS.ORG — For centuries, the Maya people relied on rain to keep them alive. But then, suddenly, the skies went dry.
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Just How Anomalous Is the Vast Baltic Sea Dead Zone?
EOS.ORG — Newly drilled cores from the Baltic Sea reveal 1,500 years of deoxygenation history. The record sheds light on the dire state of the Baltic Sea today.
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