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A school of anchovies swims in shallow water in the Bahamas.
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Tiny Creatures May Play a Difficult-to-Detect Role in Ocean Mixing

by Carolyn Wilke 20 May 20222 June 2022

As an idea that began as a joke, critter-driven ocean mixing has long been controversial. Now scientists have caught spawning anchovies causing turbulence and stirring the sea.

The Secret Spire rock formation, or hoodoo, in Moab, Utah.
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Rock Music in Utah

by Robin Donovan 3 May 20223 May 2022

Three-dimensional models could help forecast rock tower frequencies—and seismic impacts—around the globe.

Left image shows the rocky coast of Kīlauea, and right image shows a punctured steel boat roof.
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Hundreds of Volcanic Explosions Detected Underwater at Kīlauea

by Jenessa Duncombe 14 December 202120 December 2021

Hundreds of volcanic explosions detected underwater at Kīlauea
The explosions, identified during the 2018 eruption phase, offer a clear acoustic signal that researchers could use to measure ocean properties.

Solar-powered hot air balloon
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Stratospheric Balloons Listen In on Ground Activity

by J. Lee 15 November 202115 November 2021

Solar-powered hot-air balloons, floating 2.5 times as high as Mount Everest, detected a buried explosion more clearly than ground-based sensors did.

Dolphin trials at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii.
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Autonomous Vehicles Could Benefit from Nature

by Stacy Kish 22 September 202121 March 2022

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan is looking to animals to find new ways for autonomous vehicles to navigate through the environment.

Figure illustrating how earthquake-induced infrasonic acoustic waves are generated at solid-air or water-air interfaces.
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Earthquake Rupture Solution is Up in the Air

by T. Parsons 28 May 202119 October 2021

Perhaps the most complex earthquake rupture ever studied is further constrained by signals from Earth’s ionosphere.

Top panel is a world map showing global distribution of submarine volcanoes. Bottom panel is a plot showing types of available recordings of submarine eruptions since the first eruption recorded in 1939.
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A Comprehensive Review of Submarine Volcano Seismoacoustics

by G. Waite 19 May 202111 May 2022

Although most of Earth’s lava erupts beneath the oceans, submarine volcanoes are comparatively understudied, but a new review of submarine volcano seismoacoustics provides a framework for future work.

Plaça d’Espanya in Barcelona, Spain
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Monitoring Seismic Vibrations During a Pandemic

by Stacy Kish 18 May 20215 October 2021

Researchers in Spain monitored variations in seismic noise across Barcelona as the city locked down during the pandemic, clarifying the seismic band associated with human activity.

Scientists set up seismometers on rock columns in Utah.
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Podcast: Songs of the Arches (with Helicopters)

by L. Lester 23 November 20205 January 2022

Utah’s famous bridges and spires hum with a deep, earthly music, just below the threshold of human perception.

Small red jelly hovers above the deep seafloor
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Earthquakes Reveal How Quickly the Ocean Is Warming

by Katherine Kornei 2 October 202016 March 2022

By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade.

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