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Covers:  environment, Earth science, climate change, science policy, space science, energy, federal science agencies, STEM education, ocean pollution, plastics pollution
Environment, science and health journalist, editor, communication consultant. Past President,DC Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists. RandyShowstack.com
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Waiting on the next freshwater flush

Waiting on the next freshwater flush

The Arctic, as one of the fastest changing oceans and regions on Earth, "lends an urgency to understanding it…

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Biden's Justice40 initiative picking up speed after slow start - The New Lede

Biden's Justice40 initiative picking up speed after slow start - The New Lede

More than a year and a half after the Biden administration unveiled a sweeping commitment to bring opportunit…

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Academy Report Affirms Emergence of Biological Physics

Academy Report Affirms Emergence of Biological Physics

On 15 March 2022, William Bialek gave a talk to some 200 people at a business meeting of the American Physica…

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Climate Change Likely Driving Crop Insurance Costs Up | Ambrook

Climate Change Likely Driving Crop Insurance Costs Up | Ambrook

"Climate change is already having an impact on the crop insurance program." "The odds of there being more ext…

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Climate Change Likely Driving Crop Insurance Costs Up | Ambrook

Climate Change Likely Driving Crop Insurance Costs Up | Ambrook

"Climate change is already having an impact on the crop insurance program." "The odds of there being more ext…

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Commercial ship tracks Gulf of Mexico's hurricane heat potential

Commercial ship tracks Gulf of Mexico's hurricane heat potential

When the commercial ship, M/V Bulk Xaymaca was in dry dock earlier this year, the owners of the oceangoing dr…

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Landsat 9 Satellite Continues Half-Century of Earth Observations: Eyes in the sky serve as a valu...

Landsat 9 Satellite Continues Half-Century of Earth Observations: Eyes in the sky serve as a valu...

When the Landsat 9 satellite lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on the foggy morning of…

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Satellite Altimetry Mission Promises Huge Advances for Physical Oceanography and Hydrology - Wood...

Satellite Altimetry Mission Promises Huge Advances for Physical Oceanography and Hydrology - Wood...

Thomas Farrar, the oceanography science co-lead for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, sa…

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WHOI scientists monitor the ocean with innovative tools and techniques to improve hurricane forec...

WHOI scientists monitor the ocean with innovative tools and techniques to improve hurricane forec...

By Randy Showstack Steve Jayne says that flying through hurricanes on a Lockheed-Martin WC-130J Weatherbird a…

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Accessible Oceans: Making ocean science accessible to the visually impaired

Accessible Oceans: Making ocean science accessible to the visually impaired

Oceanographer Amy Bower, legally blind since 1993, wants more people with disabilities to have the same oppor…

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A rare mission north

A rare mission north

Serendipitous science mission aboard the Polar Star provides "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to collect crit…

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Science RoCS Initiative increases ocean monitoring capacity

Science RoCS Initiative increases ocean monitoring capacity

A commercial ship's mid-May deployment of two tube-shaped Argo robotic instruments to measure the temperature…

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The coastal ocean can intensify atmospheric rivers, researchers find

The coastal ocean can intensify atmospheric rivers, researchers find

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) above the Pacific Ocean are double-edged swords. The elongated plumes bring intense …

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Amidst pandemic, researchers deploy new monitoring station in tropical Pacific

Amidst pandemic, researchers deploy new monitoring station in tropical Pacific

After two attempts in 2020 to replace a monitoring station of the coast of Chile, WHOI researchers and collea…

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Ensuring that Science Has a Seat at the Table

Ensuring that Science Has a Seat at the Table

With the world still gripped by the coronavirus, with devastating weather and climate disasters, and with att…

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Tracking changes in the Arctic Ocean

Tracking changes in the Arctic Ocean

The stage has been set, the authors state, for another big release of freshwater to lower latitudes, with acc…

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Tracking changes in the Arctic Ocean

Tracking changes in the Arctic Ocean

The stage has been set, the authors state, for another big release of freshwater to lower latitudes, with acc…

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Science Moms Look to Enlist Other Moms to Tackle Climate Change

Science Moms Look to Enlist Other Moms to Tackle Climate Change

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Convergence Accelerator could help to meet "An Ocean of Need"

Convergence Accelerator could help to meet "An Ocean of Need"

Huge societal challenges related to the oceans require innovative thinking, and a new National Science Founda…

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North Atlantic Ocean yields clues for better weather predictions

North Atlantic Ocean yields clues for better weather predictions

When Young-Oh Kwon was a graduate student in physical oceanography about 20 years ago, scientists knew a fair…

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UN Report: 2019 Was Likely the Second-Warmest Year in Recorded History - Eos

UN Report: 2019 Was Likely the Second-Warmest Year in Recorded History - Eos

In response to the World Meteorological Organization analysis, United Nations head António Guterres called 20…

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Bill Calls for Dramatically Cutting Plastic Pollution - Eos

Bill Calls for Dramatically Cutting Plastic Pollution - Eos

With just 8% of plastic waste in the United States currently being recycled, the bill aims to set up an effec…

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Helping Alaskan Communities Facing Climate Risks - Eos

Helping Alaskan Communities Facing Climate Risks - Eos

Scientists examine how best to use science to help communities respond to rapid climate change in the Arctic.

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