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Deanna Conners

How Antarctica ice forms turned upside down

New research by scientists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute indicates that some Antarctic ice Is forming from the bottom up.

Deanna Conners

March 3, 2011

Earth’s inner core rotates faster than the rest of the planet

A new paper in Nature Geoscience confirms that the Earth's inner core rotates faster than the rest of the planet but slower than previously believed.

Deanna Conners

February 26, 2011

Deanna Conners

Deanna Erin Conners is a biologist and science communicator from Western New York who has been contributing to the conversations on EarthSky since 2011. Her overarching hypothesis is that we have vastly underestimated the intelligence of non-human species. She is endlessly fascinated by the interconnectedness in nature and occasionally chimes in with stories about birding, Earth science, and the Great Lakes. (Portrait taken at Buckhorn Island State Park, NY, appears courtesy of Karen Lee Lewis.)