Advanced computing technology can be used to forecast ground shaking from earthquakes and provide an early warning in real time.
Editors’ Highlights
A Mechanism for Shallow, Slow Earthquakes in Subduction Zones
Slow earthquakes beneath the accretionary prism updip from the locked portion of a subduction zone can be caused by basaltic blocks embedded in a shale matrix.
Uncertainty Propagation in Paleomagnetic Data Quantified
In classic paleomagnetic data processing uncertainties are calculated at a single level only, but there is now a more lucid way to include error propagation.
Upstream Propagating Magnetic Dips in the Magnetosheath
The previous consensus that magnetic dips in the magnetosheath can be attributed to non-propagating mirror waves is now shown to be oversimplified.
Soil Carbon May Not Remain Bogged Down in a Warmer World
Carbon was lost from an experimentally warmed boreal peatland much faster than it took to accumulate. Elevated CO2 had little effect on stored carbon, requiring re-evaluation of model assumptions.
Effects of Particles on Climate Remain Unsettled
Major advances have been made in the understanding of the physics and chemistry of particles, but major uncertainties remain in determining their radiative forcing effects on climate.
Insights from Calibration of the HP³ Radiometer on InSight
A detailed analysis of Heatflow and Physical Properties Package Radiometer on the Mars InSight lander, including changing instrument sensitivity and calibration coefficients.
Olivine Micropillars Reveal Shallow Lithosphere Rheology
Micrometer scale investigation of the rheological properties of olivine in pressure and temperature conditions corresponding to the shallow lithosphere.
Soil Remains Warmer and Drier After Long-term Warming Stops
Pausing a long-term soil warming experiment revealed that previously warmed plots remained both warmer and drier compared to plots which had not experienced previous soil warming.
Who Wants to Count All the Craters on Mars? Not Me!
Humans found hundreds of thousands of craters on Mars greater than 1 kilometer in diameter, but now computers automate the process delivering crater counts as well as geologically meaningful ages.