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11/22/19 - Eos
Media consulting for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly
https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2021/
-- Press release: Probing deep space with Interstellar
-- Press release: Scientists don spacesuits to explore Hawaiian lava tubes as if they were on Mars
Media highlights: https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2021/media-highlights
https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2022
-- Press release: How Venus went rogue and what that might mean for Earth
Media highlights: https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2022/media-highlights/
https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2023/
-Press release: Triple-dip La Niña upends conventional wisdom on well-known weathermaker
-Press release: Changing climate patterns indicate best times for Mediterranean water sports
Media highlights: https://www.egu.eu/gamedia/2023/press-centre/media-highlights/
11/22/19 - Eos
100 years since we learned dinosaurs laid eggs, what do we know now?
Citation: Sever, M. (2023), 100 years since we learned dinosaurs laid eggs, what do we know now? EGU GeoLog. Published online 21 July 2023.
11/22/19 - Eos
Managing for resiliency in the face of drought
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/crso.20232
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Managing for resiliency in the face of drought. Crops & Soils. Published online 11 October 2022. In print in a coming issue. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20232
11/22/19 - Eos
How to be heat-safe when playing sports
https://www.snexplores.org/article/how-to-be-heat-safe-when-playing-sports
Citation: Sever, M. (2023), How to be heat-safe when playing sports. Science News for Students. Published online 20 April 2023. In print in August 2023.
11/22/19 - Eos
Could tile drainage be another form of crop insurance in a changing climate?
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/crso.20221
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Could tile drainage be another form of crop insurance in a changing climate? Crops & Soils. Published online 22 August 2022. In print in a coming issue. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20221
11/22/19 - Eos
Wildfire smoke poses health risks from coast to coast
https://www.snexplores.org/article/wildfire-health-risks-air-smoke-west-east-united-states
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Wildfire smoke poses health risks from coast to coast. Science News Explores. Published online 18 August 2022.
11/22/19 - Eos
Wildfire smoke seems to pose its biggest health risk to kids
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Wildfire smoke seems to pose its biggest health risk to kids. Science News Explores. Published online 18 August 2022.
11/22/19 - Eos
For the love of peat
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/csan.20833
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), For the love of peat. Crops & Soils. Published online 10 August 2022. In print October 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.20833
11/22/19 - Eos
Western wildfires' health risks extend across the country
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wildfire-health-risks-air-smoke-west-east-united-states
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Western wildfires' health risks extend across the country. Science News. Published online 17 June 2022. In print 18 June 2022.
11/22/19 - Eos
How Venus went rogue and what that might mean for Earth
https://www.egu.eu/news/909/how-venus-went-rogue-and-what-that-might-mean-for-earth/
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), How Venus went rogue and what that might mean for Earth. European Geosciences Union. Published online 24 May 2022.
11/22/19 - Eos
Genetic approaches to weed control
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/crso.20163
Citation: Sever, M. (2022), Genetic approaches to weed control. Crops & Soils. Published online 11 January 2022. In print January-February 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20163
11/22/19 - Eos
Is freeze damage ever as bad as we think it will be?
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crso.20164
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Is freeze damage ever as bad as we think it will be? Crops & Soils. Published online 27 December 2021. In print January-February 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20164
11/22/19 - Eos
A volcano-induced rainy period made Earth's climate dinosaur-friendly
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/volcano-eruptions-rainy-period-earth-climate-dinosaur-friendly
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), A volcano-induced rainy period made Earth's climate dinosaur-friendly. Science News. Published online 30 September 2021.
11/22/19 - Eos
Los geomojis traducen la geociencia a cualquier idioma
https://planeteando.org/2021/08/19/los-geomojis-traducen-la-geociencia-a-cualquier-idioma/
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Los geomojis traducen la geociencia a cualquier idioma. Planeteando and Covering Climate Now. Published online 19 August 2021.
11/22/19 - Eos
A road map for climate retreat
https://eos.org/articles/a-road-map-for-climate-retreat
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), A road map for climate retreat. Eos. Published online 23 July 2021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EO161000
11/22/19 - Eos
Blockchain and production agriculture
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crso.20129
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Blockchain and production agriculture: How - and whether - it will be used still an open question. Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 18 July 2021. In print, July-August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20129
11/22/19 - Eos
Inner Workings: Big wildfires mobilize mercury. What are the risks to surface water?
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2110558118.full
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Inner Workings: Big wildfires mobilize mercury. What are the risks to surface water? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Published online 6 July 2021. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2110558118
11/22/19 - Eos
Deep Dive: The deepest places on Earth
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Deep Dive: The deepest places on Earth. Highlights. Published in print May 2021.
11/22/19 - Eos
4R management of phosphorus fertilizer in the Northern Great Plains
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crso.20118
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), 4R management of phosphorus fertilizer in the Northern Great Plains. Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 27 May 2021. In print, May-June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20118
11/22/19 - Eos
Geomojis translate geoscience across any language
https://eos.org/geofizz/geomojis-translate-geoscience-across-any-language
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Geomojis translate geoscience across any language. Eos. Published online 20 April 2021.
11/22/19 - Eos
Wildfires launch microbes into the air. How big of a health risk is that?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wildfire-smoke-microbes-air-health-risk-bacteria-fungi
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Wildfires launch microbes into the air. How big of a health risk is that? Science News. Published online 13 April 2021. In print, 10 April 2021.
11/22/19 - Eos
Careful placement allows manure to replace starter phosphorus in corn
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crso.20106
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Careful placement allows manure to replace starter phosphorus in corn. Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 11 March 2021. In print, March-April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20106
11/22/19 - Eos
Managing phosphorus and potassium is key in conservation tillage systems
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crso.20101
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Managing phosphorus and potassium is key in conservation tillage systems. Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 3 March 2021. In print, March-April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20101
11/22/19 - Eos
Stakes high for organic farmers assessing nitrogen mineralization rates
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/csan.20384
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Stakes high for organic farmers assessing nitrogen mineralization rates. CSA News. Published online 25 January 2021. In print, February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.20384
11/22/19 - Eos
Soybean gall midge: How do you solve a problem you know little about?
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crso.20094
Citation: Sever, M. (2021), Soybean gall midge: How do you solve a problem you know little about? Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 6 January 2021. In print, January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20094
11/22/19 - Eos
New government drought website will help farmers, CCAs
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/crso.20088
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), New government drought website will help farmers, CCAs, Crops & Soils Magazine. Published online 29 December 2020. In print, January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20088
11/22/19 - Eos
Plastic drinking water pipes exposed to high heat can leak hazardous chemicals
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Plastic drinking water pipes exposed to high heat can leak hazardous chemicals, Science News. Published online 23 December 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Kilauea starts new eruptive cycle with a lava show
https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/kilauea-starts-new-eruptive-cycle-with-a-lava-show-12256/
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Kilauea starts new eruptive cycle with a lava show, Temblor. Published online 22 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.147
11/22/19 - Eos
Dispatches from AGU
https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/dispatches-from-agu-12231/
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Sever, M., 2020, Dispatches from AGU, Temblor. Published online 11 December 2020. http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.145
11/22/19 - Eos
California coalition kicks off resilience webinar series this week
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Resilience webinar series kicks off this week, Temblor. Published online 14 November 2020. http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.138
11/22/19 - Eos
Technology and natural hazards clash to create 'natech' disasters
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/technology-natural-hazards-natech-disasters-lightning-wildfire
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Technology and natural hazards clash to create 'natech' disasters, Science News. Published online 13 November 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Jumping 'snake worms' are invading U.S. forests
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/jumping-snake-worms-are-invading-u-s-forests
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Jumping 'snake worms' are invading U.S. forests, Science News for Students, Published online 9 November 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Biggest risk to surface water after a wildfire? It's complicated
https://eos.org/articles/biggest-risk-to-surface-water-after-a-wildfire-its-complicated
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Biggest risk to surface water after a wildfire? It’s complicated, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO150691. Published online 20 October 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. soil and threaten forests
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/invasive-jumping-worms-damage-soil-threaten-forests
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. soil and threaten forests, Science News. Published online 29 September 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Rapid climate change caused Las Vegas fault to shake
https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/rapid-climate-change-caused-las-vegas-fault-to-shake-11601/
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Rapid climate change caused Las Vegas fault to shake, Temblor, https://doi.org/10.10.32858/temblor.111. Published online 13 August 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Gypsum finds a way to get to the root of the acidity problem
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csan.20243
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Gypsum finds a way to get to the root of the acidity problem, CSA News, https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.20243. Published online 21 July 2020; in print 03 August 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-impact-volcanism-earth-dinosaurs-deccan-mass-extinction
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs, Science News. Published online 17 July 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Fugitive methane escapes from farms via anaerobic digesters
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csan.20217
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Fugitive methane escapes from farms via anaerobic digesters, CSA News. https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.20217. Published online 18 June 2020; in print 01 July 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
How giving cash to poor families may also save trees in Indonesia
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deforestation-trees-indonesia-cash-poor-families-programs
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), How giving cash to poor families may also save trees in Indonesia, Science News. Published online 12 June 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Sunburned surface reveals asteroid formation and orbital secrets
https://eos.org/articles/sunburned-surface-reveals-asteroid-formation-and-orbital-secrets
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Sunburned surface reveals asteroid formation and orbital secrets, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO145163. Published online 05 June 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Seismic noise reveals landslides in the Gulf of Mexico
https://eos.org/articles/seismic-noise-reveals-landslides-in-the-gulf-of-mexico
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Seismic noise reveals landslides in the Gulf of Mexico, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO144445. Published online 26 May 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Oysters clear the waters, but do they muddy the soil?
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/csan.20167
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Oysters clear the waters, but do they muddy the soil?, CSA News,
https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.20167.
Published online 20 May 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Did rain put the Kilauea volcano's lava-making into overdrive?
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/heavy-rain-kilauea-volcano-lava-eruption
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Did rain put the Kilauea volcano's lava-making into overdrive?, Science News for Students. Published online 15 May 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Did heavy rain trigger Kilauea's eruption? It's complicated
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heavy-rain-kilauea-eruption
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Did heavy rain trigger Kilauea's eruption? It's complicated, Science News. Published online 23 April 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Economic costs of rising seas will be steeper than we thought, unless we prepare
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-economic-costs-rising-seas-will-be-steeper-than-thought
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), Economic costs of rising seas will be steeper than we thought, unless we prepare, Science News. Published online 21 February 2020, and in print 28 March 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
What is left in the air after a wildfire depends on exactly what burned
https://eos.org/features/what-is-left-in-the-air-after-a-wildfire-depends-on-exactly-what-burned
Citation: Sever, M. (2020), What is left in the air after a wildfire depends on exactly what burned, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO138965. Published on 23 January 2020.
11/22/19 - Eos
Iconic palms add to fire danger in Southern California
https://eos.org/articles/iconic-palms-add-to-fire-danger-in-southern-california
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), Iconic palms add to fire danger in Southern California, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO136574. Published on 22 November 2019.
11/06/19 - Eos
Asbestos fibers thread through rocks and dust outside Vegas
https://eos.org/articles/asbestos-fibers-thread-through-rocks-and-dust-outside-vegas
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), Asbestos fibers thread through rocks and dust outside Vegas, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO136324. Published on 06 November 2019.
11/07/19 - Eos
Road dust: A health hazard hidden in plain sight
https://eos.org/articles/road-dust-a-health-hazard-hidden-in-plain-sight
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), Road dust: A health hazard hidden in plain sight, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO136341. Published on 07 November 2019.
10/10/19 - CSA News
New sensor measures biological activity in soil at field scale in real time
https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/csa/articles/64/10/8
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), New sensor measures biological activity in soil at field scale in real time, CSA News, https://doi:10.2134/csa2019.64.1003. Published on 10 October 2019.
08/08/19 - Science News
The worst wildfires can send smoke high enough to affect the ozone layer
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/worst-wildfires-can-send-smoke-high-enough-affect-ozone-layer
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), The worst wildfires can send smoke high enough to affect the ozone layer, Science News. Published on 08 August 2019, and in print 14 September 2019.
10/07/19 - Eos
Wildfires affect water resources long after the smoke clears
https://eos.org/articles/wildfires-affect-water-resources-long-after-the-smoke-clears
Citation: Sever, M. (2019), Wildfires affect water resources long after the smoke clears, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO134717. Published on 07 October 2019.