Science Is Society

Opinions

Australia’s Unfolding Geoscience Malady

Features

The Capital’s Waterways Could Be Swimmable by 2030

Features

Water Wisdom: The Indigenous Scientists Walking in Two Worlds

Features

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! A Declaration of the Rights of the Moon

Opinions

Chile’s Glacier Protection Law Needs Grounding in Sound Science

Features

Ocean Terrain and the Engineering Challenges for Offshore Wind Farms

Scientists suggest “a mix of climate-friendly forests, high-yielding agriculture, more extensive semipastoral systems, and dedicated nature parks” as perhaps the best way to optimize multiple goals like climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.
—Jeppe A. Kristensen, Large Herbivores May Improve an Ecosystem’s Carbon Persistence

Let the Scientists Tell It

Sensing Iceland’s Most Active Volcano with a “Buried Hair”

Distributed acoustic sensing offered researchers a means to measure ground deformation from atop ice-clad Grímsvötn volcano with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions.

by Sara Klaasen, Sölvi Thrastarson, Andreas Fichtner, Yeşim Çubuk-Sabuncu and Kristín Jónsdóttir

Planetary Dunes Tell of Otherworldly Winds

by Timothy N. Titus, Serina Diniega, Lori K. Fenton, Lynn Neakrase and James Zimbelman

Arctic Unicorns and the Secret Sounds of a Glacial Fjord

by Evgeny A. Podolskiy

Forecasting Compound Floods in Complex Coastal Regions

by Saeed Moghimi, Edward Myers, Shachak Pe’eri, Y. Joseph Zhang and Fei Ye

A Simple Recipe for Making the First Continental Crust

by Anastassia Y. Borisova and Anne Nédélec

Opinion

Overcoming the Challenges of Ocean Data Uncertainty

An Ambitious Vision for the Future of Scientific Ocean Drilling

Geoscientists Can Help Reduce the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

Quit Worrying About Uncertainty in Sea Level Projections