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Scientists Offer New Explanation for Island's Unexpected Uplift

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 17 November 20163 May 2022

Researchers developed a new timeline for the rise, fall, and rise again of a puzzling island in the Azores.

Waves on the Pacific Ocean seen from Maui, Hawaii
Posted inScience Updates

Closing the Pacific Rainfall Data Void

by E. E. Wright, J. R. P. Sutton, N. T. Luchetti, M. C. Kruk and J. J. Marra 7 July 201615 February 2023

A new climatology tool uses satellite data to map precipitation in a data-sparse region of the Pacific Ocean.

Satellite image of the island of Hawaii.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Hole in Earth’s Surface

by W. Yan 26 April 20169 November 2022

Research shows that a broken lithosphere underneath the island of Hawai'i could explain the island's patterns of seismic activity.

Recovery of one of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory instruments aboard R/V Roger Revelle.
Posted inScience Updates

Investigations of Shallow Slow Slip Offshore of New Zealand

by R. Harris, L. Wallace, S. Webb, Y. Ito, K. Mochizuki, H. Ichihara, S. Henrys, A. Tréhu, S. Schwartz, A. Sheehan, D. Saffer and R. Lauer 28 March 201618 January 2022

Recent and upcoming studies of the Hikurangi margin east of New Zealand shed light on previously undetectable tectonic movements.

Posted inScience Updates

Focusing Attention on Climate Change and Pacific Island Nations

by D. Wuebbles, W. Higgins and H.-C. Chien 3 August 20157 July 2025

The 2014 Pan Pacific Partnership on Climate Change Adaptation; Taipei, Taiwan, 29 September to 2 October 2014

Posted inScience Updates

New Insights from Seafloor Mapping of a Hawaiian Marine Monument

by C. Kelley, J. R. Smith, J. Miller, J. Tree, B. Boston, M. Garcia, G. Ito, J. Taylor, F. Lichowski, D. Wagner, J. Leonard, B. Dechnik and D. Leurs 28 May 201512 January 2023

New surveys help untangle the complex geologic history of the Hawaiian Archipelago and provide hints about where to seek marine life.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ancient Earthquakes Made an Island Rise and Fall

by C. Schultz 31 December 201424 January 2023

Observations track elevation changes of an island in the Kodiak Archipelago to past ruptures of the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust fault.

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