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Siobhán Johnson describes the use of a handheld system to extract sea-ice cores.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Laura Carter about their project investigating emerging contaminants in agricultural systems.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Biao Zhu about their project investigating whole-soil carbon dynamics in a future warmer world.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Abhirup Dikshit about their project investigating flash drought and bushfires.

Josep Bonsoms explains how integrating cosmogenic nuclide dating with glacier modeling extends glacial records, linking past, present, and future ice evolution.

Students at Concordian International School (aged 15–17, Thailand) ask Prof. Jaffe how policymakers determine and weigh the economic, social and environmental impacts of a policy proposal. 

Johanna Buerkert explains how resilience analyses can be used to implement laws that support the capacity of socio-ecological systems to cope with stressors.

Dominique Townsend explains how X-band radar can be used to detect and monitor nearshore bedforms.

Lidia Rodríguez-Méndez explains how geological maps produced using bathymetric data can provide insight into marine environments.

Sergi González-Herrero discusses how a tall tower fitted with an array of sensors can monitor blowing snow above the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Lilian Dove explains how satellite-based radar interferometry can be used to observe ocean currents.

Margaret (95, UK) asks Dr Jennifer Harkness how pollution from fracking can impact local water quality.

Chequita Brooks explains how spectrophotometry can be used to measure concentrations of important molecules in the environment.

Connie Harpur explains how time-lapse camera arrays can be used to capture glacier calving activity.

Elizaveta Sharaborova discusses how a laboratory-scale controlled cooling experiment can be used to test how a protective frozen layer can prevent the destabilization of permafrost.

Julie Edwards explains how quantitative wood anatomy helps refine records of past climate.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment is pleased to launch a new article type — Ask an Expert — that offers the public an opportunity to have their burning questions about Earth science answered.

Andrzej (41, Poland) asks Dr Katy Chamberlain about the frequency of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth.

Mac (6, UK) asks Prof. Sean Willett how mountains grow.

Ashton (7, UK) asks Sunke Trace-Kleeberg why tides can vary so much from one location to another.