Rich Monastersky

Chief features editor at Nature in Washington DC. Views are my own.

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The Air Quality Index for Harrisburg PA is now 460. In 2020, fires pushed the AQI in Salem OR past the scale's limit, to an estimated value of 642. @VirginiaGewin covered that last year for @nature https://t.co/QChnQINbuX

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"For centuries, science has built a legacy of excluding people of colour and those from other historically marginalized groups from the scientific enterprise."

@Nature special on racism in science is the first in the journal's history to be guest edited
https://t.co/kbrVlV2giG

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Congratulations to @emiliano_mega for winning an award for his @nature story about language, genetics, and social constructs in Latin America https://t.co/4UD2FR53WH
Thanks to @theNASEM and @SchmidtFutures for recognizing this ambitious story.

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My colleagues @Nature spent 3 years working on this wonderful story about what it takes to forge a career in science. Read all three parts and listen to the podcasts. You won't be disappointed.

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Two researchers. Three years. One pandemic. Nature reporters spent the last three years following scientists Alison Twelvetrees and Daniel Bose on their quest to establish their own labs, and win million-pound funding grants https://t.co/DoKQU9ynji

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Lake Kivu has the potential to explosively release hundreds of cubic kilometres of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Such a disaster could fill the surrounding valley with suffocating and toxic gas, potentially killing millions of people. https://t.co/ZANg4KjvG7

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Here's how racist housing practices in US cities have led to vast inequality in the risks posed by extreme heat. Story by @alexwitze Data for graphic from @GroundworkUSA @GroundworkOhio and thanks to @NASA_DEVELOP for additional help.

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Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat. Read more here: https://t.co/nlYGTXUCzy

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On the paper-mill problem. @HollyElse and I tallied 370 articles alleged to be paper-mills retracted since Jan 2020; hundreds more retractions are expected. Crediting sleuths @MicrobiomDigest @TigerBB8 @mortenoxe @SmutClyde (via @schneiderleonid posts) https://t.co/M9ovwZdghO

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Congrats @gayathriv So glad you've been recognized for the wonderful story.

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Many thanks @absw! And what an unexpected honor!

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Congrats to @EhsanMasood for winning the #ABSWawards20 for his @NatureNews story on China's Belt and Road initiative. He logged tens of thousands of miles for the story https://t.co/vAoLF3j3KO

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Winner of Research Policy or Funding Story of the Year is @EhsanMasood for How China is redrawing the map of world science https://t.co/b25qe4twDL #ABSWawards20

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"They’ll kick us out by the time our payment goes through." Great quote in story by @Carlsonics about students at UNC after university sends them packing. https://t.co/zLdNEK6Sqx

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Millions of students are returning to US universities in a vast unplanned pandemic experiment. Terrific story by @Emma_Marris on what's happening with colleges and universities in the US https://t.co/2xKXQB6Nnn

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Fingers crossed that all three missions beat the Mars curse.

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Pluto's dark side spills its secrets in this fun story by @shannonwhall with lots of great images from the @NewHorizons2015 flyby

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Images of the dwarf planet’s far side are revealing possible signs of liquid water, mysterious shards of ice and new theories for the frigid world’s birth. https://t.co/d2s11LVOVz

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Evidence continues to build up that airborne transmission is an important way that #COVID19 spreads. @dyanilewis has the latest for @NatureNews https://t.co/0KyjidDrKQ

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These researchers spent a winter trapped in Arctic ice to capture key climate data. @shannonhall covers how scientists on the @MOSAiCArctic mission weathered 3 months of darkness in @NatureNews https://t.co/ZZuM6tqibG

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The Mount St. Helens eruption, 40 years ago today, led to a revolution in volcano science. @JanePalmerComms looks at how AI, satellite data and other tools help volcanologists forecast eruptions @NatureNews https://t.co/hOMtPP8j2j

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Deep dive into how modelling #COVID19 pandemic actually works – from equation-based models to agent-based simulations, by @davidneiladam for @naturenews. W/ new details about ‘update’ in Imperial model & whether it swayed UK govt policy. #coronavirus https://t.co/Dsc5JbKVfY

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Snapshots of #Nigeria, #Peru, #ElSalvador and #Kenya provide a look at the next phase in the #COVID19 pandemic. @amymaxmen shows how some nations have raced ahead with restrictions before the outbreak spreads https://t.co/1FxUpVzhPL

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This graph vividly shows the scale of the carbon problem. And we've charted some of the other key issues that will determine the fate of the planet @NatureNews https://t.co/9pMWafJ894

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Chinese investments fuel growth in African science
https://t.co/E0KQnntO8p
This is the final part of @NatureNews series on the science impacts of China's #BeltandRoad initiative. Thanks to @AntoanetaRoussi for covering this from Nairobi.