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Map of the Italian power grid
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Space Weather Threat in the Mediterranean Region?

by Michael A. Hapgood 29 January 201913 October 2021

The impact of space weather on power grids in Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, needs deeper assessment, including consideration of coastal effects, ground conductivity, and failure reports.

A remotely operated vehicle explores brine pool formations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted inNews

Waves of Deadly Brine Can Slosh After Submarine Landslides

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 28 January 201916 September 2022

Brine pools—hypersaline, low-oxygen waters deadly to many forms of ocean life—can experience waves hundreds of meters high when hit by a landslide, potentially overspilling their deep-sea basins.

Holuhraun lava field in Iceland in September 2014
Posted inFeatures

Earth’s Devastating Power, Seen by Satellite

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 January 20196 January 2023

Hurricanes, volcanoes, droughts, floods, fires, tsunamis: Satellites capture some of Earth’s most destructive forces.

Antarctic ozone hole
Posted inNews

Podcast: Uncovering the Ozone Hole

Nanci Bompey, assistant director of AGU’s media relations department by N. Bompey 22 January 20193 June 2024

In the latest episode of its special series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun features scientists whose work found the source of a hole in the sky.

The Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Unraveling the Origin of Slow Earthquakes

by Terri Cook 22 January 20195 October 2022

Different nucleation styles detected in five slow-slip events in the same area of Japan’s Ryukyu subduction zone suggest the physical properties along this tectonic plate interface change over time.

Researchers backfill testbed trenches with natural soil at METEC in Fort Collins, Colo.
Posted inNews

Detecting Fugitive Methane Leaks for Public Safety

by K. Brown 14 January 20192 November 2021

A holistic approach to tracking leaks from natural gas pipelines could prevent explosions and also help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Flood damage in Colorado
Posted inScience Updates

The Push Toward Local Flood Risk Assessment at a Global Scale

by A. J. Kettner, G. J.-P. Schumann and Beth Tellman 14 January 201923 January 2023

Flood Risk Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 1–3 October 2018

Smoke from the Camp fire near Paradise, Calif. (top) and the Hill and Woolsey fires near Los Angeles (bottom) spreads across the West Coast and a portion of the Pacific Ocean in this 9 November 2018 true-color image from NASA's Terra satellite
Posted inNews

Invisible Wildfire Smoke Has Visible Health Impacts

by E. I. Garcia de Jesus 11 January 20195 January 2022

Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest were linked to upticks in respiratory problems in Colorado, a new study shows.

A lava flow rolls down Kīlauea in Hawaii
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Tool for Studying Volcanic Eruptions Like Kīlauea

by E. Underwood 9 January 20192 May 2022

A new study sheds light on how magma erodes the conduit it flows through.

An artist’s rendering of the Orion spacecraft
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Real-Time Model May Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation

by David Shultz 8 January 201926 January 2022

Solar energetic particle events pose an acute risk to space travelers outside the protection of Earth’s magnetic field. A new initiative aims to quantify the danger.

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