Aaron Donohoe teams with climate scientists at the Univ. of Chicago. Published in PNAS, they use a combination of observations, theory, and numerical climate models to test and explain how the Southern Hemisphere is 24% stormier than the Northern and how the asymmetry is growing over time. (links to U. Chicago News)

Climate Scientist Ignatius Rigor's collaboration with a scientist, designer, and artist has produced an exhibit that makes scientific data tangible, visceral, and experiential. The Iceberg Portrait series is based on an international effort to tag and track icebergs calving from the Greenland Ice Sheet. (links to NAS)

A new study supports the efficacy and safety of using ultrasonic propulsion and burst wave lithotripsy in combination to relieve pain and facilitate passage of kidney stones in awake patients. (links to News Wire)

Mars rover 'Chief Spectroscopist' Tim Elam describes his and PIXL's roles in the analysis of a rock on Mars by Perseverance. (VIDEO)

In August a small fleet of Wave Gliders were deployed off Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. They were joined by the entire SASSIE crew to measure the dynamics and evolution of surface salinity and upper ocean stratification up to the fall freeze-up.