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Science and Society
6 July 2026

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.

Organizational News
30 June 2026

The Cocos Plate’s Only NOTA Station Is Back Online

This June, the ISCO station on Cocos Island was rebuilt, allowing for the first real-time geophysical data for the Cocos Plate since 2020.

Science and Society
18 May 2026

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.

Organizational News
14 January 2026

New hurricane-resistant GPS station design was tested by Hurricane Melissa

Could it survive a category 5 storm?

Science and Society
21 July 2025

Quite accomplished for a 22-year-old: celebrating the Network of the Americas

It’s been 22 years since the NSF first funded an ambitious project to build a large-scale geodetic network we now know as the Network of the Americas. As the NSF GAGE facility award reaches its end, it’s worth looking back at how we got here.

Science and Society
9 April 2025

Using geodetic tools to monitor a changing Arctic

Two projects show how remote sensing and geodetic tools can help us study changing ecosystems and landscapes.

Science and Society
31 March 2025

As above, so below: how geophysics can help us unlock secrets of the cosmos

Geophysical instruments make key contributions to some large astrophysics experiments.

Science and Society
12 December 2024

Earthquakes make waves in the ionosphere—another signal to study

In order to extract as much information as possible from ionospheric signals, we need to understand the patterns in great detail. A recent paper used the 2016 magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake to see what we could learn from testing the data against simulations.

Science and Society
2 December 2024

Strainmeters and GNSS stations reveal subtle fault movements after the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake

When we experience a significant earthquake—along with any foreshocks or aftershocks associated with it—the shaking is hard to ignore. But there are also subtle movements afterward we may only notice with the help of precision instruments.

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