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A serene view of snow-covered mountain peaks under a soft pink and purple twilight sky, with a full moon rising majestically between the ridges
Climate Change | Policy

Can More Snowfall Save Patagonia’s Glaciers from the Impacts of Global Warming?

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Biodiversity Conservation | Climate Change | Policy

Why Your Neighborhood’s Green Spaces Aren’t Just About Dollars

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Climate Change | Economy & Society | Policy

Can Cities Survive Without Trees? A Deep Dive into the 3–30–300 Rule

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Climate Change | Economy & Society | Policy | Pollution

Why the Environment Must Be Part of Economic Metrics

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Biodiversity Conservation | Climate Change | Economy & Society | Policy

Why Our Broken Backyard Tree Stump Became a Lesson in Conservation

An Avalanche in the Mountains
Climate Change | Economy & Society

Climate Change is Dangerously Shifting Avalanche Patterns

We Were Fighting The Wrong Villain
Policy | Pollution

We Were Fighting The Wrong Villain

Is Your Water Safe? New Map Highlights Deadly Forever Chemicals Contamination Zones
Policy

Is Your Water Safe? New Map Highlights Deadly Forever Chemicals Contamination Zones

The Science Behind The 2023 Supreme Court Ruling In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
Economy & Society | Policy | Pollution

The Science Behind The 2023 Supreme Court Ruling In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency

Climate-Proofing Our Society: One Rare Event At the Time
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Climate-Proofing Our Society: One Rare Event At the Time

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1.5°C = Too Much? Why Scientists Are Now Eyeing a Cooler Target
Illustration showing a fossil trackway slab with color-coded footprints in the foreground and a reconstructed early reptile walking beside it in a natural Australian landscape. Front foot (manus) prints are highlighted in yellow, hind foot (pes) prints in blue. The background features a lake and eucalyptus trees. Fossil photo credit: Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki. Reptile reconstruction by Marcin Ambrozik.
Biodiversity Conservation · Evolution · Paleontology
They Walked the Earth 35 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought
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Earth Took 269,000 Years to Recover From This Climate Event
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Why Some Creatures Fossilize While Others Vanish Without a Trace

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Your H-index won’t be printed on your tombstone. Your H-index won’t be printed on your tombstone. Here are 3 things that matter more (at least for me): • Raising kind, curious kids • Climbing real mountains, not just academic ones • Sharing stories that connect science with meaning and purpose • Traveling the world and learning about other cultures • Turning my home into my little sanctuary Science is my passion and my career. But it’s not the only thing I want to take with me at the end of this life. Yesterday, a fellow scientist asked: “What really matters?” Here’s what I told them: “I don’t care about having the highest h-index in the cemetery. I want it to say: She was an alright scientist—but she traveled the world, raised her kiddos with joy, and climbed mountains wherever she went.” This is the story I’m writing: one step, one choice, one connection at a time. What kind of life are you building beyond your career? 👇 Share your story. I’d love to hear it! And if you care about science with meaning, purpose, and a human heart, join 11,000+ others (link in bio) P.S. Yes, I was very pregnant in this photo
Albert Einstein famously said: “I have no specia Albert Einstein famously said: “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” And yet, most scientists I know still worry they’re not “smart enough.” Here are 4 reasons you don’t need to be a genius to do meaningful science: • Curiosity beats brilliance. Genius is rare. But curiosity? That’s what drives discovery across time, climate, and change. • Persistence builds connection. Doing the work, day after day, matters more than breakthroughs. That’s how we build understanding and trust. • Story gives science purpose. You don’t need to be the smartest person in the room. You need to care enough to explain the why. • The future needs more voices. If we want people to care about science, they need to see scientists who look, sound, and feel human. I’ve seen too many brilliant people hold back because they think they don’t “belong” Or because they think they’re not smart enough But science doesn’t need more lone geniuses. It needs people who care deeply about the meaning of the work. What held you back when you first started in science, or what’s holding you back now?
They walked the Earth 35 million years earlier. ( They walked the Earth 35 million years earlier. (My coverage of Dr. John Long's recent paper in Nature) A single slab from Australia just rewrote history. - Footprints with claw marks = early reptiles - 355 million years old = Devonian origin - Molecular clocks confirm the timeline shift - This changes when amniotes evolved - And where they first walked Not bad for a rock you could carry under one arm! Read the full story in the link in bio!
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