Divergent selection across the landscape can favor the evolution of local adaptation in
populations experiencing contrasting conditions. Local adaptation is widely observed in a …

The discipline of seismology is based on observations of ground motion that are inherently
undersampled in space and time. Our basic understanding of earthquake processes and our …

Concerns about systemic racism at academic and research institutions have increased over
the past decade. Here, we investigate data from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a …

Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

Merit is a central pillar of liberal epistemology, humanism, and democracy. The scientific
enterprise, built on merit, has proven effective in generating scientific and technological …

Rampant gender-based harassment and discrimination are recognized problems that
negatively impact efforts to diversify science, technology, engineering and mathematics …

Geosciences remain one of the least diverse fields. Efforts to diversify the discipline need to
address the role of hostile and exclusionary work and learning environments. A workplace …

Concerns about the mental health of students, trainees and staff at universities and medical
schools have been growing for many years. Recently, these have been exacerbated by the …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary, and queer people (LGBTQ+)
experience significantly higher levels of stressors due to discrimination, stigma, and …

Recent criticisms of large‐scale summative assessments have claimed that the assessments
are biased against historically excluded groups because of the assessments' lack of cultural …