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Photo of Mars from space. Red sphere with black patches near center and white areas on two sides.
Posted inNews

Wind Could Power Future Settlements on Mars

by Alakananda Dasgupta 9 February 20239 February 2023

Using a sophisticated global climate model adapted to Mars, space scientists explore the hidden potential of wind energy on the Red Planet.

View of a house surrounded by floodwaters, with a piece of wood topped by a small United States flag floating in the foreground.
Posted inScience Updates

Engineering with Nature to Face Down Hurricane Hazards

by Krystyna Powell, Safra Altman and James Marshall Shepherd 5 January 202323 February 2023

Natural and engineered, nature-based structures offer promise for storm-related disaster risk reduction and flood mitigation, as long as researchers can adequately monitor and study them.

A pile of fiber-optic cable sits on a street in New York City with workers in the background.
Posted inFeatures

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.

Illustration of an atom being held in place by six lasers.
Posted inFeatures

Lasers and Ultracold Atoms for a Changing Earth

by Michel Van Camp, F. Pereira dos Santos, Michael Murböck, Gérard Petit and Jürgen Müller 20 December 20219 March 2023

Applying new technology rooted in quantum mechanics and relativity to terrestrial and space geodesy will sharpen our understanding of how the planet responds to natural and human-induced changes.

Trays of perovskite silicon solar cells sit in a clear laboratory case.
Posted inNews

Better Together: Perovskites Boost Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency

by Mary Caperton Morton 23 September 20216 December 2022

Scientists engineer a way to layer materials to boost efficiency without interrupting manufacturing processes.

Sketch showing induced seismicity on critically stressed faults as a consequence of changes in pore pressure and related changes in stress due to anthropogenic activities
Posted inEditors' Vox

Understanding and Anticipating Induced Seismicity

by B. Müller, M.-L. Doan, T. H. Goebel, Y. Liu, P. Martínez-Garzón, T. Mitchell and I. Zaliapin 30 July 20218 February 2023

A new special collection in JGR: Solid Earth and Earth and Space Science seeks papers from across disciplines that provide insights into induced seismicity at different spatial and temporal scales.

Dam failure in Iowa
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Below Aging U.S. Dams, a Potential Toxic Calamity

by J. Dinneen and A. Kennedy 11 June 20216 January 2023

Documents suggest that in more than 80 U.S. locations, the failure of an aging dam could flood a major toxic waste site.

Buildings cling to a soil cliff cut away by a flood.
Posted inNews

Development and Climate Change Contribute to a Himalayan Tragedy

by T. V. Padma 3 March 202112 April 2022

Infrastructure projects like roads and dams destabilize slopes and compound the effects of glacial floods and avalanches, scientists say.

Homes on a hillside with fires in the background
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Homes and Other Buildings Abound in Natural Hazard Hot Spots

by Katherine Kornei 10 December 202028 October 2021

Researchers mined maps of natural hazards and land use to show that nearly 60% of structures are built in regions at high risk of earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and/or tornadoes.

Water rushing down the damaged Oroville dam spillway into the river.
Posted inNews

How Infrastructure Standards Miss the Mark on Snowmelt

by Jackie Rocheleau 16 October 20208 September 2022

Nationwide, civil engineers consider precipitation values from NOAA to design their structures. But those values are missing another contributor to flood risk: snowmelt.

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