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Telecom Fibers Are Sensing Earthquake Hazards in Istanbul
A fiber-optic cable below Türkiye’s earthquake-prone metropolis is offering new details about how seismic waves will rattle the city—and demonstrating the potential of a bigger monitoring effort.
Posted inResearch Spotlights
Earth’s Subduction May Have Been Triggered by the Same Event That Formed the Moon
The giant impact that formed the Moon may also have led to extrastrong mantle plumes that enabled the first subduction event, kick-starting Earth’s unique system of sliding plates.
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Carbon Offset Programs Underestimate the Threat of Hurricanes
A single hurricane in New England could wipe out millions of metric tons of forest carbon.
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Forests, Water, and Livelihoods in the Lesser Himalaya
Complex changes in land use, land cover, climate, and demographics are combining to stress water security for millions of people in the region.
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How Tungurahua Volcano Dropped Heavy Metals into Ecuador’s Food Supply
When Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano erupted multiple times between 1999 and 2016, nearby farming communities were covered in ash, which left heavy metals in their crops.
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The Secret to Mimicking Natural Faults? Plexiglass and Teflon
Researchers found an effective way to produce natural fault behavior in the laboratory.
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Cracking Soils Could Accelerate Climate Change
Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent and intense drought, which in turn causes soil to crack, releasing more carbon dioxide and further warming the planet.
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Harmonizing Theory and Data with Land Data Assimilation
Land data assimilation advances scientific understanding and serves as an engineering tool for land surface process studies, reflecting the trend of harmonizing theory and data in the big data era.
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Greenland Could Have Records of 3.7-billion-year-old Geomagnetic Fields
Scientists argue that paleomagnetic field tests preserve a geomagnetic field record acquired as chemical remnant magnetization in banded iron formations in southwest Greenland.