Giving new life to old data: 2010s seismic data reveal striking evidence of a hurricane’s landfall
The Transportable Array, a massive project to seismically map North America, was equipped with all the right tools to measure earthquakes — and surprisingly — hurricanes.
To better understand whales, geophysicists explore old data in new ways
New research expands the limits of traditional bioacoustic monitoring by finding whale signals in unexpected places.
Listening to seismic noise reveals slippery sediments beneath Antarctic glaciers
New research uses the ocean’s seismic “background noise” to map interface zones between glaciers and bedrock.
Pie-shaped piece of Antarctica the size of a small continent reveals rotational extensional tectonics
V-shaped topographic basins radiating from central Antarctica could be remnants of of the continent’s deep geologic history.
Fossil Farallon fragment’s bounding faults could pose seismic hazard to area already at risk
Is the Pioneer Fragment really stuck to the Pacific plate beneath a part of North America that’s extremely seismically active?
Southern California’s earthquake gate
Using geodesy and the paleoseismology record, researchers investigate how the Cajon Pass in SoCal could influence the next big earthquake.
A GPS “error” could help power short-term rain forecasts
A new machine learning model incorporates water vapor data to improve radar-based precipitation forecasting.
Unspooling the Details of the 2025 Kamchatka Earthquake
NSF NGF data archives help researchers reconstruct one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded.
Glacial quakes track retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier
Seismic data show how Alaska’s Columbia Glacier launches icebergs into the sea.
The Legacy of the Plate Boundary Observatory at Mount St. Helens
Quick construction of GPS stations by PBO engineers around Mount St. Helens helped scientists observe the 2004 eruption.