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The Effect of Climate Change on Different Extreme Weather Events

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How do Scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse? (Kevin T. SMILEY, Deepti SINGH, Jennifer MARLON, and Jim HURELL, The Conversation ; July 24, 2026) https://theconversation.com/how-do-scientists-know-if-climate-change-made-a-heat-wave-extreme-storm-or-wildfire-worse-288232 The Science of Extreme Event Attribution - Which Analyzes Climate Change's Influence on Specific Weather Events - Has Advanced, But Challenges Remain News Release, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine; July 15, 2026) https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/the-science-of-extreme-event-attribution-which-analyzes-climate-change-s-influence-on-specific-weather-events-has-advanced-but-challenges-remain Featured Report: Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts 2026 (NAS Consensus Study Report, July 15, 2026) https://www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DELS-BASCPR-23-02

31 New Deep Sea Species Discovered off the Coast of Brazil

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(Press Release, SCHMIDT Ocean Institute ; June 2, 2026) https://sites.google.com/schmidtocean.org/31-new-species-discovered/ Website: SCHMIDT Ocean Institute https://schmidtocean.org/

Titan: Saturn's Largest Satellite, and its Organic Atmosphere

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  Titan's Organic World (BATZ DE TREQUELLÉON, 2026) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72264-4

Newly Discovered Evidence of Ancient Oceans on Mars

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Shelf detecting using Geomorphons function  (ZAKI and LAMB, 2026) " Bathtub Ring" is New Evidence for an Ancient Ocean on Mars (Lori DAJOSE, Caltech ; April 15, 2026) https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/bathtub-ring-is-new-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars Featured Research Article: Identifying the topographic signature of early Martian oceans (ZAKI and LAMB, 2026) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10381-2 Reconstruction Map of a possible shallow ocean on Mars (2019) , D A R C 12345 ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Gladys Brown WEST - Female Mathematician & Creator of Satellite Geodesy Models (GPS)

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Gladys WEST and Sam SMITH , U. S. Navy ; Link Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, dies at 95 (Michael S. ROSENWALD, New York Times ; January 27, 2026) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/science/gladys-west-dead.html Gladys West - The hidden figure who helped invent GPS (Aamna MOHDIN, The Guardian UK; 19 November 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/19/gladys-west-the-hidden-figure-who-helped-invent-gps Gladys WEST pictured with her husband, Ira WEST , Unknown Author ; Link Dr. Gladys WEST - 2018 Inductee in the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame , U. S. Air Force ; Link