History of Geophysics Archives

Scientific Press Releases 17 October 2018

Antarctic Ice Shelf “Sings” as Winds Whip Across Its Surface

Winds blowing across the massive ice shelf’s surface cause its snow covering to rumble, like the pounding of a colossal drum.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Tribute 15 October 2018

Roger G. Barry (1935–2018)

Barry, a giant in climate and cryospheric sciences, pioneered the archival of computer data and traveled the world to share his vision with others.

Mathematical Geophysics

Schematic of information theory flow in Earth sciences

Meeting Report 10 October 2018

Using Information Theory in Earth Sciences

Second Workshop on Information Theory and the Earth Sciences; Santander, Spain, 16–19 May 2018

Biogeosciences

Researchers examine the link between drowned river deltas and methane emissions, and how they might be affected by rising sea levels

Research Spotlight 2 August 2018

Rising Seas Increase Methane Emissions from the Mouths of Rivers

Drowned river deltas exhale large quantities of greenhouse gas, new study finds.

Biogeosciences

A sudden monsoon downpour sweeps across a desert valley in Arizona.

Feature 27 June 2018

When Environmental Forces Collide

Multiple factors often interact to amplify the effects of severe storms, droughts, and other extreme water-related events.

Geology & Geophysics

New evidence suggests volcanoes on China’s Hainan Island are the result of a hot spot

Research Spotlight 11 June 2018

Linking Mantle Plumes to Volcanoes and Hot Spot Tracks

Study bolsters hypothesis that volcanoes on China’s Hainan Island were formed by a hot spot.

History of Geophysics

Researchers look to bacterial DNA to understand river flow.

Research Spotlight 15 May 2018

Using Microbes to Predict the Flow of Arctic Rivers

Bacterial DNA provides a good estimate of river discharge.

Geology & Geophysics

Geoscientists at Laguna del Maule, Chile

Meeting Report 2 May 2018

Geoscientists Collaborate to Understand Silicic Magma Systems

American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Merging Geophysical, Petrochronologic, and Modeling Perspectives of Large Silicic Magma Systems; Quinamavida, Chile, 7–12 January 2018

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Drought is an absence of water but it is actually a complex phenomenon and one of the most poorly understood natural hazards

Editors' Vox 16 February 2018

The Challenges of Drought Prediction

Advances in dynamical modeling and the use of hybrid methods have improved drought prediction, but challenges still remain to improve the accuracy of drought forecasting.

History of Geophysics