The software improves data analysis over small portions of a spherical planetary surface. Among other applications, it has helped track Greenland's ice loss over time.
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Increasing Diversity in the Geosciences
Studies show that increasing students' "sense of belonging" may help retain underrepresented minorities in geoscience fields. A few programs highlight successes.
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Fortifying International Collaborations on African Air Quality
First West African Workshop on Air Quality, Measurements, and Modeling; Abuja, Nigeria, 9–12 June 2014
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Keeping Watch Over Colombia's Slumbering Volcanoes
Technology used in your car's navigation system can help save the lives of those living in the shadows of volcanoes.
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Developing Deep-Life Continental Drilling Projects
Deep Carbon Observatory Deep-Life Workshop;
Potsdam, Germany, 3–4 November 2014
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Developing Databases of Ancient Sea Level and Ice Sheet Extents
PALSEA2 Workshop;
Lochinver, Scotland, 16–22 September 2014
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Earthquake Monitoring Gets Boost from New Satellite
Europe's Sentinel-1A spacecraft and its extraordinary images of slip from the South Napa earthquake herald a new era of space-based surveillance of faults.
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Investigating Climate Change from the Stratosphere to Space
8th Workshop on Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere;
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 28–31 July 2014
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Counting the Ocean's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new database seeks to improve estimates of oceanic emissions of methane and nitrous oxide.
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Reading History From Afar
A look at the sedimentary record in northern Ethiopia tells the story of oceans past—and maybe future.