J. Stix, Author at Eos

Researchers make final adjustments to drones that will measure volcano gas emissions to improve eruption forecasting science.

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Drones Swoop in to Measure Gas Belched from Volcanoes

by F. D’Arcy, J. Stix, J. M. de Moor, J. Rüdiger, J. A. Diaz, A. Alan and E. Corrales 25 July 201811 January 2022

A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America’s two largest degassing volcanoes.

MOOC participants all over the world learn about natural disasters.

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A New Massive Open Online Course on Natural Disasters

by J. Stix, J. Gyakum, K. Caissy, A. Guadagno, A. Steeves-Fuentes, W. W. Yan, F. Roop, P.-A. Vungoc, C. Walker, A. Finkelstein and L. Winer 1 February 201812 December 2022

Two professors put their college course online. Enrollment jumped more than 20-fold, and a forum for exchanging ideas with a multigenerational international community was born.