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Announcements
3 September 2024

OpenTopography Receives Funding Renewal from the National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography, a science gateway that provides online access to Earth science oriented high resolution topography data and processing tools.

Science and Society
14 August 2024

InSight data may have revealed water deep below the surface of Mars

A new paper using InSight data presents a noteworthy conclusion—seismic velocity data is best explained by the presence of liquid water.

Science and Society
12 August 2024

The Rainier volcanic hazards detection system has been growing

Over the past few years, the Rainier Lahar Detection System has been upgraded with 25 new stations to better detect volcanic hazards on the mountain.

Announcements
8 August 2024

Deprecation for irisFetch MATLAB client

We regret to inform you that the irisFetch Matlab-based client is not compatible with recently released Matlab versions 2023a and onward.

Workforce
7 August 2024

Are geoscience students trained for the workforce?

Geoscience as a degree pathway and career trajectory is becoming more popular as opportunities expand. Despite the successful examples of growth in the field, there are still barriers to overcome.

Science and Society
5 August 2024

Sea level rise projections depend on improved bedrock models

A new study uses the latest maps of the structure beneath Antarctica to see how important realistic crust and mantle information is to sea level rise. The answer? It’s pretty important.

Science and Society
2 August 2024

Mars’ Crater Impact Rate Gets an Update with the Help of Seismic Data

InSight has advanced our understanding of the Martian interior by using seismic techniques typically applied on Earth. One instrument, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) returned data that shows marsquakes from recent impacts of space debris on the surface. Compared to the orbitally-imaged catalog of craters, the seismically-detected events don’t seem to entirely match. 

Science and Society
1 August 2024

New method to auto-detect earthquakes tested at Mammoth Mountain

Researchers in a new paper utilized a seismic array around Mammoth Mountain to test out a new automated detection workflow to see if they could reliably identify the precursors to volcanic activity.

Science and Society
31 July 2024

If you feel it, chase it: using seismic signals to detect tornadoes

The threat of destruction and injury the tornado chasers show viewers in the 2024 movie “Twisters” is real, so what can be done currently to warn against tornadoes, and how do we detect and track them using geophysics?

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