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Nathaniel Scharping

A ship traveling on the ocean is seen in silhouette. The sky is blue with some wispy clouds, and the sea is reflecting lots of sunshine.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploring an Underwater Volcano from 16,000 Kilometers Away

by Nathaniel Scharping 12 September 202419 November 2024

Measurements of Hunga volcano’s crater continued for months after its 2022 eruption.

Rocas saliendo del océano en una costa
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Circones de 4,000 millones de años podrían contener nuestras evidencias más antiguas de la existencia de agua dulce

by Nathaniel Scharping 4 September 20244 September 2024

Cristales australianos apuntan a la existencia de agua dulce, así como de continentes que se elevaban sobre el océano Hadeano de la Tierra.

A photo of the Southern Ocean on a cloudy day, as seen from a plane. One of the plane’s white wings is visible on the right side of the photo.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Spray Is Relatively Lifeless

by Nathaniel Scharping 26 August 202426 August 2024

Organic contributions from ocean organisms are sparse in sea spray, helping to clarify predictions of its impact on the climate.

An artist’s depiction of the Sun, Earth, and the space between them. Dots on Earth mark the locations of ground-based instruments for monitoring space weather.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

From Sun to Earth: A New Network for Comprehensive Space Weather Monitoring

by Nathaniel Scharping 22 August 202422 August 2024

The Chinese Meridian Project combines hundreds of instruments for a detailed, three-dimensional view of the solar-terrestrial environment.

An aerial view of Malé, the capital of the Maldives
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Path Toward Understanding Regional Sea Level Rise

by Nathaniel Scharping 13 August 20244 November 2024

Finer-resolution models, as well as an improved understanding of ocean shelf–sea processes, are key to understanding the way different coastlines will be affected by rising waters, extreme storm surges, and waves.

Artist’s depiction of a huge rope of fire stretching out from the Sun, with Earth pictured to scale, very small in the corner
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coronal Mass Ejection Gives Earth’s Magnetosphere Rare “Wings”

by Nathaniel Scharping 2 August 20242 August 2024

A massive disturbance in the solar wind caused Earth’s magnetosphere to fly without its usual tail.

A stream in a rocky, high-walled brown desert
Posted inNews

More Than Half of Contiguous U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 July 202431 July 2024

The finding has potential implications for water regulations, which don’t currently cover these seasonal streams.

An aerial image of Palos Verdes, Calif. The land is green, with roads curving across it, and the exposed cliffside along the ocean is brown. The ocean is deep blue, and the sky is hazy.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Imaging Below the Surface Reveals One of Los Angeles’s Webs of Faults

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 July 202429 July 2024

Damage zones extend to either side of many faults and can affect how future earthquakes behave.

A person swims near the seafloor in diving gear.
Posted inFeatures

Aliyah Griffith: Ocean Scientist, Explorer, Mermaid

by Nathaniel Scharping 25 July 202425 July 2024

A marine biologist is studying coral reefs and making ocean sciences more tenable for young explorers.

Rocks sticking out of the ocean on the shore
Posted inNews

Four-Billion-Year-Old Zircons May Contain Our Earliest Evidence of Fresh Water

by Nathaniel Scharping 16 July 20244 September 2024

Australian crystals hint at fresh water, as well as land rising above Earth’s Hadean ocean.

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