eos.orgadded August 2026
Eosby Allison C. Aiken, Sonia Kreidenweis and Kathleen C. Weathers6h ago
Like Earth’s ocean, surface, and soils, the atmosphere is an ecologically active system. Its distinctive and dynamic conditions—involving turbulent winds, clouds, pollutants, nutrients, ultraviolet...
Eosby Rebecca Owen6h ago
Source: GeoHealth No amount of lead exposure is considered safe for children. Even low levels of lead in a child’s blood can cause serious health problems and developmental delays.
Eosby Dave Petley13h ago
On 25 January 2026, a very large landslide reactivated at Niscemi in Sicily, Italy. A new paper in the journal Landslides (Guerriero et al. 2026) describes the event.
Eosby Benjamin Jones, Phillip Wilson, Jan Olson, Bill Tracey Sr. and Chris Maio1d ago
Along Alaska’s western and northern coasts, environmental change has accelerated in the 21st century, reshaping ecosystems and the communities they support [Creel et al., 2024].
Eosby Dave Petley1d ago
A new paper (Xie et al. 2026) provides a detailed analysis of the landslides triggered by Typhoon Doksuri in northern China in 2023.
Eosby Nathaniel Scharping2d ago
Better understanding how earthquakes occur and what happens during a rupture is important for building assessments of seismic risk.
Eosby Grace van Deelen2d ago
In the Apennine mountains of Italy, preserved in sedimentary rock that was once an ancient seafloor, are strange, hexagonal networks of fossilized burrows called Paleodictyon.
Eosby Emily Gardner3d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The U.S.
Eosby Rebecca Owen3d ago
Forest soils store an estimated 40% of the world’s terrestrial carbon, but estimates suggest that around 15%–30% of that soil carbon is lost when a forest is harvested.
Eosby Sarah Stanley6d ago
Aerosols are small particles suspended in our atmosphere. They come in many flavors: Wildfire smoke, pollen, desert dust, sea salt lofted by powerful storms, volcanic sulfates, and emissions from...
Eosby Grace van Deelen6d ago
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Eosby Andrew Howley and Eos7d ago
Content Warning: This feature contains discussion and images of ancient human remains. The study and display of mummies are deeply entangled with the history of colonialism and the commodification...
Eosby Andrew Chapman7d ago
Written into an approximately 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) core sample drilled from the seafloor near West Antarctica is a history that might seem impossible if it weren’t so clearly documented.
Eosby Caryl-Sue Micalizio7d ago
Peat bogs are weird repositories of Earth science, history, and ecology. “Peatlands have taught us perhaps more about human history than any other” ecosystem, says ecologist Merritt Turetsky...
Eosby Emily Gardner7d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
Eosby Dave Petley7d ago
Examination of Planet Labs satellite imagery before the collapse of the slope suggests that there were surprisingly few signs of incipient failure.
Eosby Eleni Dovrou8d ago
As wildfire activity and severity continue to amplify across the globe, it is increasingly important to understand and have the ability to forecast wildfire emissions, which can affect air quality...
Eosby Dave Petley8d ago
On 6 August 2025, the Dayuan landslide in Guangzhou, China killed 7 people. It was triggered by rainfall onto an area affected by a wildfire.
Eosby Kimberly M. S. Cartier9d ago
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
Eosby Emily Gardner9d ago
More than 80% of plants on Earth partner with mycorrhizal fungi to extract nutrients from soil. Underground, in a zone of soil known as the rhizosphere, these fungi grow into vast networks of...
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