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Fossil of an Ediacaran creature
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Hunting Rare Fossils of the Ediacaran

by JoAnna Wendel 13 November 201730 January 2023

The search for fossil imprints and casts of squishy organisms takes time, perseverance, and sometimes a sprinkle of luck.

In alpine forests, variations in air and surface temperatures influence snowmelt
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How the Micrometeorology of Alpine Forests Affects Snowmelt

by Jenny Lunn 25 September 201723 March 2023

A field study in the Swiss Alps showed considerable spatial and temporal variability in forest air and surface temperatures, with implications for snowmelt models.

Posted inEditors' Vox

In Pursuit of Flash Flood Data

by J. J. Gourley 25 August 201723 January 2023

How remote sensing of streams provides valuable data for the characterization, prediction, and warning of impending flash floods.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Mesmerized by Gracefully Gliding Albatrosses

by U. ten Brink 18 July 20176 October 2021

Despite avian distractions and dreadful weather, a research cruise to map the seafloor off Alaska revealed new insights into the Queen Charlotte Fault.

Tethered lifting system, turbine, and flux tower taken during fieldwork for project with a broad aim of measuring wind energy over Europe.
Posted inScience Updates

Monitoring Wind in Portugal’s Mountains Down to Microscales

by H. J. S. Fernando, J. K. Lundquist and S. Oncley 31 May 20177 October 2021

Researchers are now gathered for the Perdigão field campaign, an effort to study wind flow physics at scales down to tens of meters. The effort should help engineers harness wind energy in Europe.

A researcher looks over the Greenland ice cap, a “frozen ocean.”
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New Instrument May Aid Search for Extraterrestrial Life

by JoAnna Wendel 10 May 201729 September 2021

For 2 weeks on the Greenland ice cap, scientists tested an instrument that might help us find life on icy moons with oceans beneath their crusts.

Instruments aboard the container ship Oleander have collected data on plankton since the 1970s.
Posted inScience Updates

Packing Science into a Shipping Vessel

by T. Rossby, R. Curry and J. Palter 28 April 201718 October 2022

Oleander Workshop II: 25 Years of Operations; Narragansett, Rhode Island, 26–27 October 2016

Posted inEditors' Vox

Observing the Ocean

by Toste Tanhua 25 April 201716 November 2021

How measurements from a glider deployed off the coast of Peru are contributing to a much-needed long time-series data set.

Geoscience instructors participating in a 2016 workshop.
Posted inScience Updates

Integrating Topographic Imaging into Geoscience Field Courses

by B. Pratt-Sitaula, B. Crosby and C. Crosby 7 February 20171 November 2022

Using TLS and Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry in Undergraduate Field Education; Cardwell, Montana, 16–19 August 2016

Researchers predict the movement of sediment in very steep streams.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Boulders Limit Transport of Sand and Gravel in Steep Rivers

by A. Branscombe 6 January 20176 March 2023

Mountain rivers and streams actively reshape landscapes by eroding material from uplands and depositing it in lowlands. Scientists can now predict this transport in very steep streams.

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