EarthScope is a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that deploys thousands of seismic, GPS, and other geophysical instruments to study the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the processes the cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It involves collaboration between scientists, educators, policy makers, and the public to learn about and utilize exciting scientific discoveries as they are being made.
EarthScope Committees
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EarthScope National Office
Science Community
EarthScope is a community of scientists conducting multidisciplinary research across the Earth sciences utilizing the freely accessible data collected and maintained by EarthScope facilities. Support for science projects is primarily awarded via a rigorous process of peer review of proposals submitted to the NSF EarthScope Program.
Science and Education
EarthScope is in-depth collaboration between scientists and educators to bring the excitement of cutting-edge Earth science research into classrooms, museums and parks. EarthScope provides a unique opportunity for integrating scientific research and education by engaging students, teachers, and the public in a national experiment that is going on in their own backyard.
Unprecedented Data Availability
EarthScope is freely-accessible data and data products from thousands of geophysical instruments that measure motions of the Earth's surface, record seismic waves, and recover rock samples from depths at which earthquakes originate. EarthScope's use of advanced instrumentation permits us to answer some of the outstanding questions in Earth sciences by looking deeper, increasing resolution, and integrating diverse measurements and observations.