The ALOHA Cabled Observatory, located 100 kilometers north of Oahu, is enabling a variety of studies of the biology and physics of the deep ocean.
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Scientists Call for a Renewed Emphasis on Urban Geology
A renewed focus on geological aspects of cities could help mitigate natural hazards and provide a wealth of geological information, scientists say.
Fellows Celebrated at Fall Meeting
The new class of AGU Fellows has been selected and will be recognized at the upcoming Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.
Measuring Small-scale Changes Along a Fault as Plates Slip
A see-through plastic fault lets researchers directly measure how earthquake stresses affect fault properties.
Changing Crustal Velocities Preceded 2011 Tohoku-oki Quake
Researchers examined the crustal deformation associated with earthquakes that occurred before the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake.
Nearshore Internal Bores Increase Hypoxia Risk
Researchers head to the field to investigate the causes of low-oxygen waters in coastal aquatic environments.
Measuring Solar Wind Interactions in Mars’s Exosphere
An updated analytical technique gave researchers a new look at ion cyclotron waves in Mars’s extended hydrogen exosphere.
Manganese Deposits on Mars Suggest a Highly Oxidized Past
Data from the Curiosity rover suggest that the surface of Mars has experienced more strongly oxidizing conditions than previously thought.
Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas Fields Detected from Space
Methane hot spots were detected in the atmosphere near North Dakota’s Bakken formation and the Eagle Ford formation in Texas after oil and gas production ramped up starting in 2009.
Reading Backscatter from Near-shore Ocean Waves
Researchers use radar wave scattering properties of nearshore waves to studying shoreline dynamics.