Seismic data collected continuously for 4 years could improve understanding of geological structures that underlie Japan’s Izu Oshima volcanic island.
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Putting Satellite Maps of Surface Water to Practical Use
2nd SWOT Application User Workshop: Engaging the User Community for Advancing Societal Applications of the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, Reston, Virginia, 5–6 April 2017
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Caribbean Sediment Traced to 1755 Portuguese Quake and Tsunami
Archaeologists digging in Martinique chanced upon the first tsunami deposit from the earthquake found in the New World. The tsunami left a strong trace, it seems, because the wave went up a river.
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Turning up the Heat on Organic Matter to Track Carbon
Inaugural Workshop on Thermal Analysis of Natural Organic Matter; Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 15–16 September 2016
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AGU Revises Its Integrity and Ethics Policy
The updated ethics policy takes a strong stance against harassment in the sciences.
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World’s Heavy Dependence on Fossil Fuels Projected to Continue
The report forecasts a 2.8% annual increase in renewable energy through 2040, making it the world’s fastest growing source of energy for electricity generation.
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AGU Marks Peer Review Week
AGU is committed to assessing and improving the peer review process through various new and recent initiatives.
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Cassini Plunges into Saturn, Ends a 20-Year Mission
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory streamed the spacecraft’s final moments live, allowing the public to listen to the mission’s end.
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Enabling Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable Data
AGU is convening a partnership in the Earth and space science community to develop the standards to connect researchers, publishers, and data repositories.
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Diamonds Really Do Rain on Neptune, Experiments Conclude
Researchers subjected hydrocarbon samples in a laboratory to Neptune-like pressures. The samples, reminiscent of molecules found in the ice giant’s atmosphere, compressed into nanodiamonds.