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JIRAM camera on the Juno spacecraft captured Jupiter’s infrared aurora near its southern pole
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Jupiter’s Northern Lights on Display in Otherworldly Movie

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 26 April 201914 February 2022

The first movie of Jupiter’s infrared aurora gives scientists a new look at the Jovian magnetic field.

The 17 October 2015 landslide at Tyndall Glacier Alaska
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Study of Alaskan Landslide Could Improve Tsunami Modeling

by E. Underwood 26 April 201911 February 2022

A rare submarine landslide provides researchers with a reference point for modeling the biggest tsunamis.

Mountains rise over a desert vista
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Earth’s Eccentric Orbit Helped Preserve Rare Soft-Tissue Fossils

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 26 April 201930 January 2023

Cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit helped to preserve rare fossils in Morocco.

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The Search for the Severed Head of the Himalayas

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 25 April 20198 August 2023

To unearth the very first sediments to erode from the Himalayas, a team of scientists drilled beneath the Bay of Bengal.

Phytoplankton bloom over the study area in the South Pacific Ocean
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Southern Hemisphere Sediments Show Surprising Pliocene Cyclicity

by Terri Cook 25 April 201926 January 2023

New, high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions with 100,000-year rhythms may offer insights into how Earth’s climate system operated during a time when the planet was warmer than it is today.

Auroras seen from the International Space Station
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Bringing Clarity to What Drives Auroras

by Mark Zastrow 24 April 201911 August 2022

A new classification scheme helps researchers distinguish what accelerates the electrons that create auroras.

Thóra Árnadóttir setting up GPS instrument in Iceland
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A New Way of Visualizing Iceland’s Crustal Deformation

by Terri Cook 24 April 20196 October 2021

A novel method of calculating strain rates from GPS data shows the South Iceland Seismic Zone is experiencing rapid deformation, including inflation near the island’s most active volcano.

A reflected-light image of the comet-containing meteorite
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Meteorite’s Hidden Treasure: A Comet

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 24 April 20194 October 2021

A fragment of a comet found hidden inside a meteorite is offering new insights into the dynamics of our young solar system.

The Miracle Pine Tree in Tohoku, Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

All Types of Large Earthquakes Produce Prompt Gravity Signals

by Terri Cook 23 April 20196 October 2021

New observations of recently discovered gravity perturbations that precede seismic waves have the potential to improve earthquake early-warning systems in California and other tectonic settings.

Lava fountain erupts amid lush vegetation.
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National Volcano Warning System Gains Steam

by F. Lewis 23 April 201917 November 2022

It took more than a decade, but a bill that funds U.S. volcano monitoring efforts and establishes a single system became law on 12 March.

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