Scientists review 60 years of direct and remote observations of crevasses and the models used to simulate them.
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Embracing Open Data in Field-Driven Sciences
Allowing data to be reused and research results to be replicated fosters innovation, high-quality research, and public trust in science.
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Arctic Research on Thin Ice: Consequences of Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Scientists embarked on a 6-month expedition in the Arctic Ocean to study the thinning sea ice cover, improve our understanding of sea ice loss effects, and help predict future changes.
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Field Data Management: Integrating Cyberscience and Geoscience
The smartphone and tablet revolution has changed how geologists work in the field, but now the community must come up with standards to tame the flood of data.
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Priorities for Antarctic Research: Glaciers, Genomes, and Cosmic Waves
The next decade of research should focus on the need to understand the changing Antarctic environment and how organisms adapt to it, a high-level report says.
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Simulating a Warmer, Drier Arctic
Field experiments examine the effect of rising temperatures and drying soils on carbon dynamics in the Arctic.
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The Future of Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration
Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration: First Results and Future Plans; Chicheley Hall, U. K.; 30–31 March 2015
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Seismic Hazard Assessment: Honing the Debate, Testing the Models
Earthquake experts with opposing views found common ground working around a table and on a hiking trail.
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Scientist's Field Season Ends with Nepal Quake
A graduate student studying tectonics found himself caught in a disaster at the end of fieldwork in the Himalayas.
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Reading History From Afar
A look at the sedimentary record in northern Ethiopia tells the story of oceans past—and maybe future.