Cracking ice: seismic signals identify most rapid rupture recorded on Antarctic ice shelf
In Western Antarctica, the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf cracks and calves. One of these rifting events was observed via seismic sensors, demonstrating that while the tear was slower than expected, it’s still the fastest through-cutting fracture in a floating ice shelf ever recorded.
GPS stations are now part of the ShakeAlert® Earthquake Early Warning System network
GPS stations augment seismometers, significantly improving the system’s ability to accurately detect the largest earthquakes.
Cloud case study: a seismic processing tutorial for your first foray
A recent paper helpfully documents a basic cloud computing project, including a practical introduction to the key concepts you need to know. Check out our interview with one of the authors!
SSA meeting recap: Harnessing the power of cloud computing
Events like this help us take the pulse of our community—highlighting for us how the growth of cloud computing is progressing and why, for example. Here’s a short summary of what we heard.
Greenland GPS network measures the ice sheet’s weight loss
In a recent study, researchers treat the entire GNET network as a single instrument weighing the loss of Greenland’s ice.
With computational notebooks, code can tell a story
If you aren’t yet familiar with notebooks, here’s a primer on what they are—and why many in science find them useful.
GPS data capturing eclipse phenomena in ionosphere
The passing shadow of the eclipse creates a natural experiment, suddenly reducing solar energy to an isolated area of the ionosphere.
Sensing potentially tsunamigenic Alaskan landslides resulting from retreating glaciers
As the world warms, glaciers retreat, leaving behind over-steepened slopes that are prone to landslides. In places like coastal Alaska, landslides that slip into the ocean can spell disaster.
Sea level rise, Earth’s variable rotation, and a new leap second problem
A new study tries to disentangle the factors affecting Earth’s rotation—and finds that we may have a technical problem our on our hands in the next few years.
Deprecation of the Version 1 Nominal Response Library (NRL) and PDCC
Version 1 of the Nominal Response Library (NRL) will be deprecated on May 31, replaced by version 2.