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Mount St. Helens memorial at Johnston Ridge Observatory
Posted inFeatures

Honoring Volcanologist David Johnston as a Hero and a Human

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 June 20192 May 2022

A new biography details the life and legacy of the scientist who died on Mount St. Helens.

View from the north of the Krafla power plant in Iceland’s Krafla caldera.
Posted inScience Updates

Planning an International Magma Observatory

by J. Eichelberger 25 June 20199 March 2023

A planned project will drill into a magma reservoir in Iceland that has never erupted to the surface, giving scientists a fresh look at Earth’s underground “plumbing.”

Black-and-white photo of a motorcycle and double-decker bus in thick fog
Posted inNews

Podcast: Night of the Killer Smog

by Lauren Lipuma 24 June 20197 February 2024

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun tells the story of two air quality disasters that served as catalysts for clean air regulations in the mid-20th century.

Landslides after 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Posted inEditors' Vox

Cascading Down the Mountain

by X. Fan, G. Scaringi, Q. Xu and R. Huang 24 June 201931 March 2023

Earthquakes in mountain ranges produce a cascade of geological disturbances and hazards, from enormous landslides to climate change.

Photo of rocky hot springs covered by yellow microbial mats
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Microbes Spotted in “Polyextreme” Hot Springs

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 June 20194 January 2023

Hot springs that are as acidic as battery acid are home to single-celled microorganisms that may indicate that life could have been sustained on ancient Mars.

An image of the Sun overlaid with magnetic field lines
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Planetary Low Tide May Force Regular Sunspot Sync Ups

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 June 201927 March 2023

A regular alignment of the planets—no, it’s not pseudoscience—makes a strong enough tug to regulate the Sun’s 11- and 22-year cycles.

Aerial photo of a scientific facility on the coast
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Banned CFC Emissions Tracked to Eastern China

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 19 June 20193 June 2024

A new study indicates that better atmospheric monitoring networks are needed to enforce the Montreal Protocol.

On 3 March 2015, Villarrica volcano near Pucón, Chile, erupted briefly but violently, for the first time in 30 years.
Posted inScience Updates

Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”

by J. B. Johnson and L. M. Watson 17 June 20195 October 2021

Volcanic craters act as giant horns that emit intense low-frequency sounds. Changes in this infrasound may be used to track rising lava lakes and identify signals of future eruptions.

Man sifts through a tray of pottery sherds.
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Ceramics Trace a 14th Century Indonesian Tsunami

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 17 June 201916 March 2022

Archaeological evidence suggests that communities on the northern coast of Sumatra devastated by a tsunami roughly 600 years ago opted to rebuild in the same area, a process repeated in 2004.

Figure showing earthquake tremor locations
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Shallow Low Frequency Tremors in Japan Trench

by G. P. Hayes 14 June 20196 December 2021

A new seafloor seismic network detected low-frequency tremor on the subduction zone interface offshore northern Japan, indicating regions of slow slip in close proximity to shallow megathrust events.

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