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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
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?

Science and Society
26 July 2024

How Listening to Rocks Unveiled the Structure of an Aquifer

When features below Earth’s surface aren’t easily visible, geophysicists turn to their multi-disciplinary toolbox for answers. In a new study, geophysicists took a listen to ambient noise with seismometers to map out the complex structure of a Florida aquifer. 

Science and Society
18 July 2024

What’s shaking at Yale? A Raspberry Shake has some answers

Yale scientists discuss how to incorporate a low-cost, education-ready seismic sensor with coursework and outreach.

Science and Society
19 February 2024

Nuclear explosion monitoring gets a new dataset

In order to monitor compliance with the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the CTBTO is developing ways to verify nuclear explosions. A new benchmark dataset based on (non-nuclear) experiments is one example.

Science and Society
22 August 2023

Former intern finds curious signal in geyser eruption data

Seismic monitoring of Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser showed that signals appeared weaker in winter—because of snow cover.