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Science and Society
12 August 2026

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.

Workforce
10 August 2026

Intern Spotlight: Science Communication Team

Introducing our science communication interns! Kat Plaza is an incoming PhD student at the University of Oregon, Amanda Syamsul just graduated with her Masters from UC Santa Cruz, and Lexi Kenis is currently pursuing their PhD at the University of New Mexico.

Organizational News
7 August 2026

The irisws-mars-event web service is moving

Our mars-event web service, a primary source of computed seismic event solutions recorded on Mars (courtesy of ETH, Zurich), is moving as part of our cloud transition.

Science and Society
6 August 2026

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.

Organizational News
6 August 2026

The irisws-timeseriesplot web service is moving

Our timeseriesplot web service, the primary source of graphical representations of channel level seismic data, is moving as part of our cloud transition.

Organizational News
5 August 2026

Retirement of EarthScope’s on-premises seismic archiving system

What you need to know This is one of the final steps in a multi-year effort to move EarthScope’s seismic data archiving — nearly 40 years’ worth, hosted at the University of Washington — into the AWS cloud. We know recent changes have come in quick succession, and we appreciate your patience as we complete … Continued

Organizational News
5 August 2026

Increased resource availability in GeoLab 

Introducing scalable compute quota caps for intensive workflows, access to GPUs and larger server sizes, and access to a Dask gateway.

Organizational News
31 July 2026

A new GNSS real-time NTRIP caster is available for preview

We’re upgrading the infrastructure behind the NTRIP service, and the new caster is available today to test against ahead of an upcoming switch-over on August 6.

Workforce
31 July 2026

Intern Spotlight: Alana Jornacion and Nikodemos Scott | 2026 Geo-Launchpad Interns

Alana and Nikodemos (“Nik”) are two of our 2026 Geo-Launchpad Interns. This summer, they are working on computer modeling of burial sites using Ground Penetrating Radar at the Kansas Geological Survey in Lawrence, Kansas.

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