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Seismic Sensors in Orbit

by T. I. Melbourne, D. Melgar, B. W. Crowell and W. M. Szeliga 26 December 201923 February 2023

Navigation satellites are enabling high-precision, real-time tracking of ground displacements, supplementing traditional methods for monitoring and assessing earthquakes.

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Scientists Scramble to Collect Data After Ridgecrest Earthquakes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 11 December 20196 October 2021

Ground shaking in Southern California, including a magnitude 7.1 temblor, triggered a massive mobilization effort to collect seismological, geological, and geodetic data.

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How to Turn Your Smartphone into an Earthquake Detector

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 8 December 20197 December 2022

A free smartphone app tracks earthquakes using your phone’s accelerometer. One day, the app could issue emergency warnings to those in danger.

The Curiosity rover sits on the surface of Mars on 12 May 2019.
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Curiosity Rover Reveals Oxygen Mystery in Martian Atmosphere

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 25 November 201924 April 2024

An air-sampling study has captured long-term trends in the concentrations of five key atmospheric gases for the first time.

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Eight Lessons I Learned Leading a Scientific “Design Sprint”

by Ryan McGranaghan 11 November 201921 October 2021

Applying the fast-paced technique, pioneered by Google to spur rapid innovation, to space science yielded unexpected benefits and may be a model for collaborations across many scientific disciplines.

An image of Denali, the highest mountain in North America, covered in snow.
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A New Dimension to Plate Tectonics

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 October 20193 December 2021

New tools to model and visualize subduction zones in 3-D are providing researchers with insights into the gaps inherent in the theory of plate tectonics.

A collapsed portion of freeway after the Loma Prieta earthquake
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California Launches Nation’s First Earthquake Early Warning System

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 24 October 20196 October 2021

The country’s first publicly available, statewide warning system could give California residents crucial seconds to duck and cover before a quake.

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Looking Away from the Sun: Improved Tracking of Solar Storms

by Michael A. Hapgood 17 September 201913 October 2021

A new tool for tracking coronal mass ejections away from the Sun opens a path toward more accurate warnings for operators who have to cope with adverse space weather.

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Was Ahab Truly “Lord of the Level Loadstone”?

by D. Dorritie 4 September 201930 September 2021

Herman Melville’s bicentennial provides a good excuse to examine how well the Pequod’s monomaniacal mariner knew his geomagnetic magic.

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Scientists Rescue Historical Data Taken on Floating Ice Island

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 August 20198 November 2021

A never-before-published data set from the Cold War could help scientists unravel the mysterious western Arctic Ocean.

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