J. Besl
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Science writer @USask water grad he / him
Dena'ina Ełnena (Anchorage)
Joined February 2017
RT @AGU_Eos: Yesterday’s readers loved this news story about a colossal tsunami that made seismometers sing. Give it a read—or a reread!—to….
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A tsunami struck a fjord in East Greenland in 2023, ringing seismometers for nine straight days. A new satellite study provides the first observational evidence of the waves.
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RT @AGU_Eos: New research aims to understand the ever-shifting Outer Banks through its former forests and its sunken trunks. https://t.co….
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Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can help land managers plan for the future.
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RT @AGU_Eos: As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.
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A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.
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I will miss this Looney Tunes turn on the bike trail.
Erosion that’s consuming Point Woronzof in West Anchorage has prompted a reroute for a section of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail that’s now perilously close the edge.
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RT @AGU_Eos: Dolines look like massive ice doughnuts. They’re an ideal research site for studying meltwater lakes in Antarctica. https://t….
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The first direct record of ring fractures in Antarctic ice shows how the phenomenon could cause rapid ice shelf collapse.
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[🛰️+🐋] My favorite story from last year won Best Short Feature at the @alaskapressclub. Thanks as always to @_ColinS_ for the edits and ideas.
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Satellite detection of whales is improving rapidly, but finding the behemoth creatures is still surprisingly tricky.
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I love when this happens. Here's a Spanish translation of my kelp story, cortesía de @mireya_mmo, @Planeteand0, y @GeoLatinas.
El Kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un aglutinante para tu helado. Pero el crecimiento del kelp depende de una cantidad de variables, incluyendo el tamaño de los incendios de bosques cercanos.
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Just in time for Christmas! 🦌."St. Paul to revitalize on-island reindeer meat processing" via @KUCBNews
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The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the tribal government on St. Paul, hopes the project will open new revenue streams and lower prices in the island’s community store.
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RT @AGU_Eos: Kelp is a habitat, a carbon sink, and a binding agent in your ice cream. But kelp growth depends on a range of variables, incl….
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Kelp is a habitat, a carbon sink, and a binding agent in your ice cream. But new research shows that California’s kelp forests are affected by the fate of their counterparts on land.
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RT @NatObserver: The Prairie provinces are flogging oil and gas at an international climate conference. Former Environment Minister Catheri….
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Former environment and climate change minister Catherine McKenna told Canada’s National Observer it’s “completely bonkers” to come to a climate summit to push oil and gas extraction.
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My optimistic brain thought the city was building extra-long playground slides for the kids to ride into school. But no.
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RT @AGU_Eos: Birds are tuning into a totally separate weather forecast to make their travel plans. New research from @UMichEE, comments fr….
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Birds use Earth’s magnetic field to migrate, but severe space weather may interfere with navigation and reduce the number of birds in the sky.
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RT @PopSci: Sea level rise will happen much sooner than anyone realized. It’s not that the water is rising faster; it’s that the land was….
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Lidar-based, more accurate data gives a new look at the effects of sea level rise.
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