The world’s largest cosmic ray detector accidentally spotted elves, an unusual lightning phenomenon high in the atmosphere. Now it’s intentionally looking for more.Read More »
A next-generation network of seismic and wave sensors in the southwestern Pacific will warn coastal residents of an approaching tsunami before they see the wave.Read More »
After two unsuccessful tries, a hardy band of undergraduate students conducted a successful Arctic research and outreach expedition through the Northwest Passage.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
How do humans affect the ways that Asia’s mega rivers deliver sediment and dissolved matter to farms, river deltas, and, eventually, the sea? A proposed study would construct an integrated picture.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
Earth scientists outline challenges to making the growing wealth of available data more accessible and to using data services for interdisciplinary research and applications.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Laacher See volcano is quiet, but gas bubbles rising through the overlying lake are a reminder of its potential hazard. Scientists took a close look at the bubbles to test eruption monitoring methods.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Scientists are assembling an online database with decades of low-frequency radio measurements collected worldwide to facilitate modern research about lightning, space weather, and more.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Satellite data helped scientists locate the volcanic source of a pumice raft floating in the South Pacific Ocean, illustrating their promise in locating and monitoring undersea eruptions.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
A new community pool of seismic instrumentation will facilitate and advance geologic and cryospheric research in Earth’s ice-covered environments.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
Creating, curating, and developing the repository of climate data that underlies the U.S. National Climate Assessments requires the ongoing efforts of hundreds of experts.Read More »
