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Elizabeth Deatrick

  • Technical Writer-Editor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Science Magazine, Medical Xpress, Audubon, AGU's Eos
Covers:  The environment, biology, conservation, earth sciences and geophysics, esoterica of all sorts.
Doesn't Cover: Non-peer-reviewed "medical" "news."
Science enthusiast, tabletop RPG nerd. Devoted human to three fancy rats. All opinions and views are my own.
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Space storms could crash upper Midwest's power grid

Space storms could crash upper Midwest's power grid

Science Magazine — When the lights go out, the cause is often regional: Ice storms in the northeastern United States or hurricanes in the southeast. Now, a new study shows that the upper Midwest can have its own special sort of grid-destroying storm-space weather.
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Scientists may have solved mystery of giant Midwest earthquakes

Scientists may have solved mystery of giant Midwest earthquakes

Science Magazine — Two centuries ago, a series of giant earthquakes rocked the tiny town of New Madrid, Missouri, collapsing chimneys and shaking houses more than 1000 kilometers away. Now, scientists are mapping the forces and features that caused those quakes.
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Bacteria Preserve Record of Earth's Magnetic Fields - Eos

Bacteria Preserve Record of Earth's Magnetic Fields - Eos

eos.org — Tiny yet stable magnetized particles created by microbes long ago could help scientists better determine the strength and orientation of ancient magnetic fields.
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Surveying Alaskan Minerals from Afar - Eos

Surveying Alaskan Minerals from Afar - Eos

eos.org — By using hyperspectral imaging, researchers test their ability to find copper in remote areas.
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Eyjafjallajökull Gave Lava and Ice Researchers an Eyeful - Eos

Eyjafjallajökull Gave Lava and Ice Researchers an Eyeful - Eos

eos.org — New insights from the 2010 eruption may help volcanologists determine how glaciers shaped ancient lava flows.
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Stars and Swells Guide a Polynesian Canoe Around the World - Eos

Stars and Swells Guide a Polynesian Canoe Around the World - Eos

eos.org — Modern oceanographers and ancient navigators rely on similar waves to study the world's oceans.
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Silty Streams Muddy Freshwater Conservation Issues - Eos

Silty Streams Muddy Freshwater Conservation Issues - Eos

eos.org — Throughout the Pacific Northwest, dirt from unpaved roads can clog streams, threatening fish habitats. Scientists have only a murky understanding of how to clear up these turbid waters.
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"Sunken City" Was Really Made by Microbes - Eos

"Sunken City" Was Really Made by Microbes - Eos

eos.org — What scientists thought was a sunken Greek city turns out to be the fossils of an ancient hydrocarbon seep from several million years ago.
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Humans Misread Wind Speeds, Skewing a Major Hazards Database - Eos

Humans Misread Wind Speeds, Skewing a Major Hazards Database - Eos

eos.org — Weather spotters who report storm measurements and observations to a U.S. national compendium of storm data often exaggerate winds speeds-by about one third, on average.
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Pharaoh's Iron Dagger Made from a Meteorite, Study Confirms - Eos

Pharaoh's Iron Dagger Made from a Meteorite, Study Confirms - Eos

eos.org — After examining the metal under bombardment by X-rays, scientists find the composition of King Tutankhamun's knife blade matches "iron of the sky."
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Storms Cause Infrequent Turbulence for Aircraft, New Study Finds - Eos

Storms Cause Infrequent Turbulence for Aircraft, New Study Finds - Eos

eos.org — Scientists using lightning sensors to automate air-turbulence detection have found evidence that storms jostle aircraft much less than previously thought.
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As Lava Flows, Refined Model Predicts a Path - Eos

As Lava Flows, Refined Model Predicts a Path - Eos

eos.org — Simulations that melded volcano topography, satellite observations, and virtual lava accurately anticipated the destruction of villages 18 months ago by Cape Verde's Fogo volcano.
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Icy Clouds May Counter Climate Warming Less Than Expected - Eos

Icy Clouds May Counter Climate Warming Less Than Expected - Eos

eos.org — A new analysis of cloud composition and behavior suggests that scientists have overestimated the ability of a type of mixed-phase ice-and-water cloud to mitigate climate change effects.
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Crowdsourced Seismology - Eos

Crowdsourced Seismology - Eos

eos.org — The seismologists of the world want to turn you into an earthquake detector.
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How Plastic Birds Are Bringing Crested Terns Back From the Brink

How Plastic Birds Are Bringing Crested Terns Back From the Brink

audubon.org — For more than 40 years the Chinese Crested Tern was believed to be extinct, a victim of rampant egg poaching. Now, thanks to a team of dedicated scientists, the birds are making a comeback.
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The Hoatzin

The Hoatzin

audubon.org — Deep in the wilderness lurks a fat, foul beast that stinks of manure, barks and caws in gutteral tones, and produces offspring with sharp claws in unusual places. It's called a Hoatzin-and once you get to know it, it's about as goofy and awkward a bird as you can find.
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6 Ways to Help Sage-grouse Right Now

6 Ways to Help Sage-grouse Right Now

audubon.org — An unprecedented amount of collaboration among stakeholders-including industry, ranchers, conservationists, state and local government, and landowners-has put the sage-grouse on the road to recovery. Here's a sampling of ways the various groups can help the sage-grouse, now and into the future.
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Parrot Perps and a Foul Owl: A Roundup of Troublesome Birds

Parrot Perps and a Foul Owl: A Roundup of Troublesome Birds

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Building Birds, Brick by Brick

Building Birds, Brick by Brick

audubon.org — Not all sculptures are made of bronze or marble: For his upcoming book Beautiful LEGO: Wild!, Mike Doyle hunted down and photographed intricate LEGO beasts from around the world.
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Video: Hummingbirds Are Groove-Tongued Wonders

Video: Hummingbirds Are Groove-Tongued Wonders

audubon.org — How many licks does it take a hummingbird to sate its appetite for nectar? New research shows that thanks to their weird tongues, it's about 15 to 20-in a single second.
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A Woodpecker Disguised as . . . Another Woodpecker?

A Woodpecker Disguised as . . . Another Woodpecker?

audubon.org — Every kid knows that to avoid getting bullied, it helps to not stand out. Apparently woodpeckers know this, too: In a paper published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, researchers reveal that the Helmeted Woodpecker mimics the plumage of other, larger woodpecker species in order to stave off harassment.
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Hope for the Honduran Emerald Hummingbird

Hope for the Honduran Emerald Hummingbird

audubon.org — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it would protect the Honduran Emerald, a hummingbird that lives only in the Central American country of Honduras, under the Endangered Species Act.
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Kids Welcome Birds Back With Precious Postcards

Kids Welcome Birds Back With Precious Postcards

audubon.org — This spring, the Madison Audubon Society, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and Osa Conservation collaborated on the first annual Wings to Wisconsin postcard campaign to celebrate the birds' migration-and get students interested in their local wildlife.
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Piping Plover Protection Pays Off in New York

Piping Plover Protection Pays Off in New York

audubon.org — After years of increased protection and habitat restoration, Piping Plovers are finally recovering from near-extinction throughout North America.
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