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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

Frontiers

by Patricia Albano / Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Patricia stands with remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during an expedition to explore the deep waters off the West Florida Shelf. Image: Patricia Albano. What inspired you to become a researcher?

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Algorithm Helps Unlock Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment At NSF Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory In State College

PA Environment Daily

By Matt Swayne, Penn State News Machine learning techniques may help scientists better understand the intricate chemistry of streams and monitor broader environmental conditions, according to a team of researchers. It’s a site that has been operated and funded by the National Science Foundation for years,” said Brantley.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

However, a draft version of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee’s section of the bill published by Politico included important environmental and scientific provisions: The Department of Energy Office of Science receives $866 million, including $274 million for Biological and Environmental Research. Executive Branch.

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The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Union of Concerned Scientists

Late last year, Sébastien Philippe, a scientist at Princeton University, and his colleagues at the school’s Program on Science and Global Security mapped the radiological threat posed by a nuclear attack on US ICBMs in what he called “unprecedented detail” by using current computational capacity and higher resolutions of archived weather data.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters. The selections are by no means meant to represent a comprehensive account of everything written about science and science-related over the last few months. EPA axes 38 more science advisers, cancels panel meetings.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

ESA

In this issue: House Reconciliation Bill Includes Funding for Climate Science, Research Infrastructure. House Science Committee proposes nearly $11 billion for the National Science Foundation. House Reconciliation Bill Include Funding for Climate Science, Research Infrastructure. trillion ( see ESA Policy News, Aug.

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