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Palm swamp in Peru
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Peeking at Peatlands: Satellite Data Fuel New Findings

by Adityarup Chakravorty 15 June 202229 June 2022

Researchers are combining hard-to-get field measurements with satellite imagery to gain new insight into where peatlands are and how they work.

A magnetotelluric station on Whillans Ice Stream
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Massive Groundwater Systems Lie Beneath Antarctic Ice

by Robin Donovan 13 June 202219 July 2022

Scientists are updating ice stream models to understand the ways in which deep groundwater systems impact ice flow.

A school of anchovies swims in shallow water in the Bahamas.
Posted inNews

Tiny Creatures May Play a Difficult-to-Detect Role in Ocean Mixing

by Carolyn Wilke 20 May 20222 June 2022

As an idea that began as a joke, critter-driven ocean mixing has long been controversial. Now scientists have caught spawning anchovies causing turbulence and stirring the sea.

The article author, carrying a pack and equipment on her back, hikes across a rocky expanse with mountains and low-lying clouds in the background.
Posted inOpinions

Playing It Safe in Field Science

by Marjorie Cantine 17 May 20226 September 2022

Researchers face many risks when working in the field. Documenting past and future accidents and safety incidents can help identify patterns and practices to keep scientists out of harm’s way.

The Valfredda River in the Italian Dolomites, pictured at three different dates, changes configuration in response to precipitation and dry cycles in the landscape.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Probabilistic Model for Classifying Temporary Rivers

by Morgan Rehnberg 17 May 202221 December 2022

The model relies on measurable broad-scale attributes, increasing its flexibility for use in diverse environments.

The Secret Spire rock formation, or hoodoo, in Moab, Utah.
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Rock Music in Utah

by Robin Donovan 3 May 20223 May 2022

Three-dimensional models could help forecast rock tower frequencies—and seismic impacts—around the globe.

A large hot spring bubbles and steams in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau.
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Hot Springs Suggest How the Tibetan Plateau Became the Roof of the World

by Saima May Sidik 20 April 202223 February 2023

Helium isotopes found in water samples provide a snapshot of what lies beneath the plateau and stimulate debate within the geosciences community.

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.

Two people stand on the edge of a road, looking at a straight crack, representing the surface trace of a fault, the cuts across the road and offsets its painted centerline.
Posted inFeatures

Striking Out into the Field to Track Slip on the Sumatran Fault

by Karen Lythgoe, Umar Muksin, Arifullah, Andrean Simanjuntak and Shengji Wei 16 March 202223 June 2022

An international team overcame many challenges, including from the COVID-19 pandemic, to deploy a dense seismic network along an understudied fault system that poses hazards to millions in Indonesia.

A snowcat plows its way through snow with a rocky ridge in the background.
Posted inScience Updates

Sensing Iceland’s Most Active Volcano with a “Buried Hair”

by Sara Klaasen, Sölvi Thrastarson, Andreas Fichtner, Yeşim Çubuk-Sabuncu and Kristín Jónsdóttir 4 January 20221 June 2022

Distributed acoustic sensing offered researchers a means to measure ground deformation from atop ice-clad Grímsvötn volcano with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions.

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