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Jorge Salazar

In his years with EarthSky, Jorge Salazar conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with scientists. He knows a lot about as diverse as nanotechnology, ecosystem-based management, climate change, global health, international environmental treaties, astrophysics and cosmology, and environmental security. Jorge currently works as a Technical Writer/Editor for the Texas Advanced Computing Center, which designs and deploys powerful advanced computing technologies and innovative software solutions for scientific researchers.

What are hole-punch clouds?

Posted by and in Earth | Human World | 2 years ago
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Ever seen one of these? People sometimes report them as UFOs. They’re called hole-punch clouds, and jets make ’em. The connection between hole-punch clouds, jets and snowfall, here.

Top 4 facts about landslides

Posted by in Earth | Human World | 6 years ago
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Last weekend’s fatal mudslide in Washington state obliterated the village of Oso, Washington and left a trail of devastation in its wake. On Tuesday, the death toll stood at 14.

This date in science: Pluto gets a demotion

Posted by in Space | 7 years ago
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On August 24, 2006, astronomers voted to demote Pluto to dwarf planet status. Hear from Alan Stern, lead scientist on a space mission to Pluto.

Kathryn Reese-Taylor on the Mayan calendar and 2012 doomsday prophesies

Posted by in Human World | 7 years ago
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EarthSky spoke with a professor of Mayan archaeology about the supposed connection between an ancient Mayan calendar and 2012 doomsday prophecies.

James Holden explores life thriving in deep, hot undersea vents

Posted by in Earth | 8 years ago
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Deep in cracks of hot undersea volcanoes, microbes inhale hydrogen and carbon dioxide and exhale methane. They might help scientists understand life beyond Earth.

Peter Claggett sees changes to Chesapeake Bay with Landsat

Posted by in Earth | 8 years ago
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Landsat has been observing the landscape of the vast 64,000 square miles of watershed in Chesapeake Bay for decades.

Stéphane Udry: Evidence of billions of rocky, habitable planets in our galaxy

Posted by and in Space | 8 years ago
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Astronomers have found evidence that billions of rocky planets might orbit the habitable zones around red dwarf stars in our Milky Way.

Harold Huff develops meat-like soy chicken

Posted by in Human World | 8 years ago
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A soy chicken product with something new – what food scientists call ‘the right chew.’

Andrew Leakey studies grasses for biofuels

Posted by in Human World | 8 years ago
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Andrew Leakey is part of a five-year, $12 million study of grasses useful for biofuels that can grow with as little land, fertilizer, and water as possible.

World’s biggest astronomy project: ALMA telescope

Posted by and in Space | 8 years ago
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What better goal for the world’s biggest telescope than to probe details of how stars like our sun and planets like Earth came to be?