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Sounding the Northern Seas

by S. L. Danielson, E. L. Dobbins, M. Jakobsson, M. A. Johnson, T. J. Weingartner, W. J. Williams and Y. Zarayskaya 29 December 201514 January 2022

A new compilation of underwater terrain provides the most up-to-date mapping of portions of the western Arctic and North Pacific.

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Toward Improving Decadal Climate Predictions

by G. J. Boer, G. A. Meehl and D. M. Smith 21 December 20152 May 2022

Aspen Global Change Institute Workshop on Decadal Climate Predictions: Improving Our Understanding of Processes and Mechanisms to Make Better Predictions; Aspen, Colorado, 7–12 June 2015

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Toward a Global Water Quality Observing and Forecasting System

by A. G. Dekker, B. A. Schaeffer and S. Greb 11 December 20157 February 2023

Group on Earth Observations Water Quality Summit; Geneva, Switzerland, 20–22 April 2015

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UAE-Oman Mountains Give Clues to Oceanic Crust and Mantle Rocks

by S. Pilia, M. Y. Ali, A. B. Watts and M. P. Searle 9 December 20154 August 2023

When oceanic plates meet continental plates, the continental plates usually come out on top. Cases where this is reversed provide valuable access to oceanic crust and mantle materials.

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Michael R. Raupach (1950–2015)

by Josep G. Canadell and Robert B. Jackson 7 December 20154 March 2016

A pioneer in fields ranging from plant-atmosphere interactions to the carbon cycle, this Australian climate scientist transformed modern micrometeorology and cofounded the Global Carbon Project.

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GREAT ICE Monitors Glaciers in the Tropical Andes

by J. E. Sicart, M. Villacis, T. Condom and A. Rabatel 27 October 201521 June 2023

An international program strengthens glaciological studies in the tropical Andes, promotes collaborative projects, and develops educational programs with local universities.

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The Future of Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration

by M. Siegert, J. Priscu and I. Alekhina 10 July 20158 April 2022

Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration: First Results and Future Plans; Chicheley Hall, U. K.; 30–31 March 2015

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Fire in the Hole: Recreating Volcanic Eruptions with Cannon Blasts

by B. Zimanowski and M. T. Gudmundsson 7 April 20152 May 2022

Artificial volcanic plumes, fired from cannons loaded with ash plucked from the slopes of Iceland, may help researchers better monitor disruptive eruptions.

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Developing Databases of Ancient Sea Level and Ice Sheet Extents

by F. H. Williams, N. Hallmann and A. Carlson 17 February 201512 January 2023

PALSEA2 Workshop;
Lochinver, Scotland, 16–22 September 2014

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Earthquake Monitoring Gets Boost from New Satellite

by J. R. Elliott, A. J. Elliott, A. Hooper, Y. Larsen, P. Marinkovic and T. J. Wright 12 February 20151 November 2021

Europe's Sentinel-1A spacecraft and its extraordinary images of slip from the South Napa earthquake herald a new era of space-based surveillance of faults.

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