Guest Editor Peter Neill discusses Earthzine’s second quarterly theme of 2016, Ocean Stewardship.
Meet the 2016 Summer Writing Club
The Writing Club is in session for summer 2016 – join us and follow their progress. We launched the Writing Club in 2015 as a 10-week online writing course for students and early career professionals to build fluency as science communicators. Some of our students are scientists looking to develop ways of discussing their work with the general public. Others … Read More
UN Negotiators Speak Up for Our Ocean
Work begins on a high seas governance treaty that could lead to major marine protections.
NOAA’s Fifth Ocean Acidification Cruise Sets Sail
A five-week research cruise along the West Coast of the United States hopes to expand our understanding of ocean acidification and the health of coastal waters.
Built on the Fly with Spare Parts, a Scatterometer on the International Space Station Delivers Big Results
ISS-RapidScat delivers valuable measurements for weather models, storm tracking, and forecasting. What happens when a key instrument on a billion-dollar satellite ceases to function? When it can take decades to plan the launch for a replacement satellite, one might want to build an instrument on the fly – out of spare parts – and hitch a ride as secondary payload … Read More
South America at the 15th Oceans Conference
South American articles presented at the OCEANS Û÷15 conference reflect in a special way how the current productivity in the region is changing interests in science and technology. By MarÌ_a Victoria Ennis (1) Luciano Banchio (1) MarÌ_a Eugenia Conforti (1,2) Gerardo Gabriel Acosta (1,2) Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires – (UNICEN), Argentina. Consejo Nacional de … Read More
Stepping into the SWOS Portal: How Coordination of Data Can Help Protect the World’s Vanishing Wetlands
The Earth has lost more than half of its wetland extent since 1900. The satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS) is working to provide a data portal that will have real-world impacts, helping to track wetland degradation, identify pollution sources, and assess restoration strategies. Above: Landsat satellite image examples of the Sabkhat al Jabbulin in Syria, produced in the frame of … Read More
Georgia Water Resources: Groundwater Storage Change and Contamination Risks
The southeastern U.S. is experiencing groundwater decline, and the local geology in southeast Georgia has increased the risk of groundwater contamination, according to research from a NASA DEVELOP team. At the University of Georgia, a team of young scientists discovered that their region’s geology and contamination patterns can predict where pollution may affect groundwater, holding clues for the future of … Read More
Award for Engineering a Better World
IEEE is seeking submissions for its new Region 6 Humanitarian Engineering Project Award, intended to recognize outstanding work in the field.
National Park Service Seeks Interns for Summer 2016
George Mason University, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is offering paid summer internships for university students to promote a greater understanding of climate change in local national parks. George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) and the National Park Service (NPS) are offering up to eight paid student positions for summer 2016, open to rising juniors … Read More