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Taktsang, also known as the Tiger’s Nest, is a famous cliffside monastery in western Bhutan.

Bhutan Earthquake Opens Doors to Geophysical Studies

by G. Hetényi, R. Cattin and D. Drukpa 13 August 201828 October 2021

A multinational research team discovered an underestimated earthquake hazard during their 7-year exploration of the unique geodynamics of the eastern Himalayas in Bhutan.

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Training Early-Career Polar Weather and Climate Researchers

by F. Tummon, J. Day and G. Svensson 8 August 201813 March 2023

Polar Prediction School; Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden, 17–27 April 2018

Klickitat Lake in western Oregon formed when a landslide that originated along the forested ridgeline dammed a stream.

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Hunting for Landslides from Cascadia’s Great Earthquakes

by J. P. Perkins, J. J. Roering, W. J. Burns, W. Struble, B. A. Black, K. M. Schmidt, Alison Duvall and N. Calhoun 8 August 201815 October 2021

Researchers examine the rings of drowned trees in landslide-dammed lakes for clues to today’s earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest.

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Modeling the Effects of Geoengineering

by B. Kravitz, Alan Robock and U. Lohmann 7 August 20181 March 2023

Report on the Eighth Annual GeoMIP Meeting; Zürich, Switzerland, 16–17 April 2018

Instruments at the SJG observatory in Cayey, Puerto Rico, survived Hurricane Maria and recorded the event.

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Seismic Sensors Record a Hurricane’s Roar

by D. C. Wilson, P. Davis, C. Ebeling, C. R. Hutt and K. Hafner 3 August 201824 February 2023

Newly installed infrasound sensors at a Global Seismographic Network station on Puerto Rico recorded the sounds of Hurricane Maria passing overhead.

Ocean drilling cores offer insight into subduction zone behavior and how it might generate earthquakes and tsunamis

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At-Sea Workshop Advances Subduction Zone Research

by C. Regalla, G. Lymer and R. Fukuchi 30 July 201818 October 2022

International Ocean Discovery Program Core-Log-Seismic integration at Sea (CLSI@Sea) workshop; Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea, off the coast of southwest Japan, January–February 2018

Researchers make final adjustments to drones that will measure volcano gas emissions to improve eruption forecasting science.

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Drones Swoop in to Measure Gas Belched from Volcanoes

by F. D’Arcy, J. Stix, J. M. de Moor, J. Rüdiger, J. A. Diaz, A. Alan and E. Corrales 25 July 201811 January 2022

A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America’s two largest degassing volcanoes.

Student volunteers from Colorado State University at a local research hub in Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Connecting Students and Mentors Through Local Research Hubs

by S. L. Rathburn and J. M. Putman 10 July 201810 March 2023

An online database can help connect prospective student researchers with university faculty members and collaborative projects that need their help. Could this model work at your university?