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High-resolution map of magnetic field variations in Minnesota showing details of the geology underlying glacial deposits.
Posted inScience Updates

Finding the Gaps in America’s Magnetic Maps

by B. J. Drenth and V. J. S. Grauch 16 April 20194 October 2021

A 2017 executive order mandated a plan to evaluate U.S. access to critical mineral resources, but the airborne magnetic survey maps that support this effort are sadly out of date.

Seated man in a hard hat assesses sediment patterns in a dug trench
Posted inNews

Secrets from the New Madrid Seismic Zone’s Quaking Past

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 9 April 20198 December 2022

High-resolution lidar topography reveals a long history of ancient earthquakes.

A sunset over Missoula, Montana.
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Mapping Heat Vulnerability to Protect Community Health

by K. McCarthy and Z. Valdez 5 April 201915 February 2023

Community leaders and scientists from two U.S. cities are combining public health data and heat maps to prepare residents for climate change–related health risks.

Seamap Australia assists efforts to protect species like the critically endangered spotted handfish.
Posted inScience Updates

Making the First National Seafloor Habitat Map

by V. Lucieer, C. Johnson and N. Barrett 11 March 20196 February 2023

Seamap Australia integrates seafloor maps with information on plant and animal habitats, environmental stressors, and resource management to create a first-of-its-kind resource.

Kody Kramer geologist
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Kody Kramer (1985–2018)

by W. W. Shedd 10 January 201918 May 2022

His vision and persistence created a 1.4-billion-pixel map of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor—a crucial tool in research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a completely new standard for bathymetry maps.

Artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Posted inScience Updates

Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut

by R. Morrow, L.-L. Fu, F. D’Ovidio and J. T. Farrar 2 January 201922 July 2022

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will begin by scanning Earth’s surface once a day. We invite ocean scientists to contribute ground-based measurements to compare with the satellite data.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Fiber Optics Opens Window into Subsurface Deformation

by M. Bayani Cardenas 18 December 201816 February 2022

The distributed deformation of buried materials is difficult to map, but a new approach is able to resolve vertical deformation over the length of a fiber optic cable.

Posted inEditors' Vox

The Value of Snow

by J. D. Lundquist 18 December 201828 February 2023

Investments in snow pay high-dollar dividends.

An updated Antarctic Magnetic Anomaly Map helps researchers study the structure of lithosphere around the South Pole.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A More Detailed Look at Earth’s Most Poorly Understood Crust

by Terri Cook 24 October 20187 February 2023

The second-generation Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project offers a powerful new tool for probing the structure and evolution of the southernmost continent’s lithosphere.

Scientists collect soil moisture data in Alaska.
Posted inScience Updates

Mapping and Monitoring Soil Moisture in Forested Landscapes

by L. K. Jenkins, D. N. Tanzer and D. C. McKinley 23 October 20186 March 2023

Monitoring Forest Soil Moisture for a Changing World; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 15–17 May 2018

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