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Planetary Sciences
Artist’s rendering of what Venus might look like near the surface.

Meeting Report 18 March 2016

Comparing Planetary Climates to Investigate Climate Systems

Comparative Climates of Terrestrial Planets II (CCTP2 ): Understanding How Climate Systems Work; Moffett Field, California, 8–11 September 2015
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Research Spotlight 16 March 2016

Recent Studies Crack Open New Views of Glacial Crevasses

Scientists review 60 years of direct and remote observations of crevasses and the models used to simulate them.
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History of Geophysics

Research Spotlight 1 March 2016

Are Earthquakes Predictable?

Researchers have been searching for precursory warning signals for decades with little success.
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Geology & Geophysics

Research Spotlight 4 February 2016

Plate Displacement Rate Offers Insight into 2011 Tohoku Quake

For the first time, scientists use GPS to measure the displacement rate of the subducting Pacific Plate near the source of disastrous shaking in 2011.
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Climate Change

Meeting Report 3 November 2015

Setting the Stage for a Global Science of Atmospheric Rivers

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography International Atmospheric Rivers Workshop; La Jolla, California, 15–17 June 2015
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History of Geophysics

Feature 24 September 2015

Aurora Painting Pays Tribute to Civil War's End

Frederic Edwin Church's 1865 arctic landscape, Aurora Borealis, is a beautiful depiction of nature. It might also be a memorial reflection on the end of the war.
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History of Geophysics

Opinion 17 March 2015

Reaffirming the Social Contract Between Science and Society

Our geosciences community too often gives the impression that we care primarily about more funding for our research. Such overt self-interest poses risks to our community and to society.
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History of Geophysics
High waves buffet Michigan’s Grand Haven Lighthouse, located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.

Science Update 17 March 2015

Water Levels Surge on Great Lakes

The recent 2-year surge represents one of the most rapid rates of water level change on the Great Lakes in recorded history and marks the end of an unprecedented period of low water levels.
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Climate Change

Meeting Report 26 August 2014

Strengthening Research on Climate and Environmental Change

First Workshop of the Commission on Climatic and Environmental Change of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; Beijing, China, 11–12 April 2014
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Geology & Geophysics

Feature 3 June 2014

Fifty Years of Deep Ocean Exploration With the DSV Alvin

In June 2014, the Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) Alvin, the world’s first deep-diving sub-marine dedicated to scientific research in the United States, celebrated its 50th anniversary.
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