The ALOHA Cabled Observatory, located 100 kilometers north of Oahu, is enabling a variety of studies of the biology and physics of the deep ocean.
Science Updates
Understanding Snow Microstructure for Microwave Remote Sensing
Workshop on Microstructure in Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer;
Reading, United Kingdom, 6–8 August 2014
Quaternary Sea Ice Reconstruction: Proxy Data and Modeling
3rd Sea Ice Proxy Working Group Workshop: Sea Ice Proxy Synthesis and Data-Model Comparison; Bremerhaven, Germany, 23−25 June 2014
Promoting International Collaboration on Ocean Acidification Data Management
Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Workshop; Monaco, 23–24 April 2014
Exploring the Origin of High-Energy Particle Beams in the Atmosphere
Thunderstorms and Elementary Particle Acceleration; Yerevan, Armenia, 22–26 September 2014
Understanding How Climate Change Could Affect Tornadoes
First International Summit on Tornadoes and Climate Change;
Crete, Greece, 25–30 May 2014
Modeling the Evolution of Polar Ice Sheets
Ice Sheet System Model Workshop; Bergen, Norway, 2–4 June 2014
Strengthening an Interagency Network for Geoscience Data Sets
GeoData 2014: Strengthening the Connections, Building the Interagency Network; Boulder, Colorado, 17–19 June 2014
Drilling a Small Basaltic Volcano to Reveal Potential Hazards
Drilling into the Rangitoto Island Volcano in the Auckland Volcanic Field in New Zealand offers insight into a small monogenetic volcano, and may improve understanding of future hazards.
Developing Resources for Teaching Ethics in Geoscience
Teaching Geoethics Across the Geoscience Curriculum;
Chico Hot Springs, Montana, 10–13 June 2014