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Sensing the Sounds from Earth’s Hazardous Environments

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Low-cost infrasound sensors, deployed in large numbers, provide a practical means of data collection near volcanoes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other geophysical phenomena.

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An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach

by Kenna Harmony Rubin, Anna P. M. Michel and S. Adam Soule 31 January 202526 February 2026

The newly retooled submersible, which has already returned fascinating new findings from Earth’s watery depths, is opening more of the deep ocean to direct human exploration.

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Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond

by Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Laura E. Rodriguez, Roy Price, Laura M. Barge and Pablo Sobron 29 August 202426 February 2026

A novel laser-equipped probe is collecting measurements of deep-sea geochemical environments that once seemed impossible to gather, pointing the way toward future explorations of other ocean worlds.

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