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Muon detectors in a tunnel under Tokyo Bay
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Muography Array Under Tokyo Bay Spots Meteotsunami Waves

by Tim Hornyak 20 May 2022

A new study shows how muons can be used to study tide and wave phenomena, helping secure coastal communities.

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Posted inFeatures

An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 202223 June 2022

To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.

A diver in scuba gear holds a coring device to collect a sample from a coral head on the seafloor in clear, light blue water.
Posted inScience Updates

Clues from the Sea Paint a Picture of Earth’s Water Cycle

by Kristine DeLong, Alyssa Atwood, Andrea Moore and Sara Sanchez 4 May 20224 May 2022

New instrumentation and growing modeling needs in the Earth sciences are driving a renewed effort to compile and curate seawater oxygen isotope data in a centralized, accessible database.

Aerial view created of a forest with lidar—with trees artificially colored in many colors—as well as buildings and open spaces in part of Yosemite National Park
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A Lidar’s-Eye View of How Forests Are Faring

by Van R. Kane, Liz Van Wagtendonk and Andrew Brenner 29 April 20223 May 2022

Success in Yosemite is driving the wider use of lidar surveys to support forest health and wildfire resilience, study wildlife habitats, and monitor water resources.

A view of the Milky Way, the moon, Mars, Saturn, and an iridium flare over a surface flow of lava at the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
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Myths, Legends, and Buried Hair

by Heather Goss 22 April 20221 June 2022

In our May issue of Eos, we’re seeking out innovations in volcanology.

Two men stand in a room. The man on the left points to a Raspberry Shake seismometer, the small box on the floor.
Posted inNews

Community Science Builds a Seismic Network in Haiti

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 19 April 20226 June 2022

Small, inexpensive seismometers are capable of sharing high-quality data in real time—and were put to the test during an August 2021 earthquake.

A wide view of snow-covered pines in mountains.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Trees Wearing Accelerometers Help Track Snowstorms

by Rebecca Dzombak 15 April 202215 April 2022

This device allows scientists to measure how much snow is trapped in canopies and predict changes to snowpack—a critical factor in annual water availability.

In the foreground, the GEDI instrument appears as a large white box. In the background, an astronaut climbs along the space station’s external scaffolding.
Posted inNews

Scientists Fight to Keep Lidar on the Space Station

by Saima Sidik 6 April 20226 April 2022

Remote sensing experts may lose a key tool in the fight against climate change.

Aerial view looking over a coastal island city
Posted inFeatures

A Cagey Approach to Speedy and Safe Seafloor Deployments

by Pascal Pelleau, Ronan Apprioual, Antony Ferrant and Daniel Aslanian 11 March 20221 June 2022

Researchers devised a simple way to deliver ocean bottom seismometers accurately to the seafloor to study ongoing seismic and volcanic activity near the islands of Mayotte.

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Distributed Sensing and Machine Learning Hone Seismic Listening

by Whitney Trainor-Guitton, Eileen R. Martin, Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos, Nicole Taverna and Vincent Dumont 4 March 20224 March 2022

Fiber-optic cables can provide a wealth of detailed data on subsurface vibrations from a wide range of sources. Machine learning offers a means to make sense of it all.

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