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Kanchenjunga as seen from the Tshoka basecamp near seismic station SK23
Posted inScience Updates

Discerning Structure and Seismic Hazards in the Sikkim Himalayas

by M. Uthaman, A. Singh, C. Singh, A. Dubey and G. Kumar 17 March 202116 June 2022

A dense seismic network in operation since 2019 will provide new insights into the tectonics of seismically active Himalayan regions.

View up a 95-meter-long debris flow flume facility, with cameras and other instruments in the foreground
Posted inScience Updates

A New Era of Debris Flow Experiments in the Oregon Woods

by M. K. Obryk, D. L. George and B. B. Mirus 26 January 202129 September 2021

What do a backhoe, expanding foam, half-ton concrete blocks, and a 100-meter-long hillslope slide have in common? All were part of reviving the U.S. Geological Survey’s experimental debris flow flume.

Six people in bright snowsuits and goggles drill an ice core on Mount Everest with mountains and clouds in the background.
Posted inNews

An Ice Core from the Roof of the World

by A. Blaustein 14 December 202014 March 2023

An innovative National Geographic expedition collected the world’s highest ice core from Mount Everest.

Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone National Park
Posted inOpinions

Ten Steps to Protect BIPOC Scholars in the Field

by J. Anadu, H. Ali and C. Jackson 10 November 202022 November 2021

Institutions should heed these recommendations to prepare faculty and students for discrimination and racialized violence before traveling and to protect them once in the field.

An artist’s depiction of early modern humans living amid the grasslands of the Paleo-Agulhas Plain
Posted inFeatures

A Lost Haven for Early Modern Humans

by K. Braun 14 October 202024 January 2024

Sea level changes have repeatedly reshaped the Paleo-Agulhas Plain, a now submerged region off the coast of South Africa that once teemed with plants, animals, and human hunter–gatherers.

A rainbow arcs over two unrecognizable persons in the cloudy Cinque Torri region of the Dolomites, Italy.
Posted inFeatures

The Challenges of Fieldwork for LGBTQ+ Geoscientists

by A. N. Olcott and M. R. Downen 28 August 202022 November 2021

A new survey reveals the unique issues that traveling for research poses for LGBTQ+ scientists. The data should help us create solutions that foster safety and inclusion.

Two scientists on the flat green tundra—one holds a drone aloft, and one writes in a notebook
Posted inNews

Drones Help Bridge the Gaps in Assessing Global Change

Lesley Evans Ogden, Science Writer by Lesley Evans Ogden 27 August 202011 August 2022

New instruments in the research tool kit bolster scientific understanding of the ecology of a greening Arctic.

View looking out a helicopter cockpit over remote eastern Alaska landscape
Posted inScience Updates

Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska

by A. Bender, R. Lease, J. V. Jones III and D. Kreiner 29 July 20206 December 2021

Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical mineral resources across the Alaska-Yukon border.

Group of men and women, some with walking sticks and one in a wheelchair, collects data in a field near a mountain
Posted inFeatures

Accessibility and Fieldwork in the Time of Coronavirus

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 23 July 202023 February 2023

Fieldwork in the geosciences is increasingly relying on groundwork laid by accessibility advocates.

Students work with a water sampling device aboard a research cruise
Posted inScience Updates

How COVID-19 Is Affecting Undergraduate Research Experiences

by V. Sloan, Rebecca Haacker, R. L. Batchelor and C. Garza 18 June 202015 October 2021

Limitations on summer research internships imposed by the pandemic are impeding students’ engagement in geoscience education and preparation for careers. The community is acting quickly to adapt.

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