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Eruption Now Unlikely Near Icelandic Town

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 6 December 20236 December 2023

Scientists and local authorities had been tracking the eruption’s precursors for weeks and evacuated residents. Then the magma stalled.

A close-up view of a fiber-optic cable. One main cable is filled with smaller glass strands that are pathways through which light communications pass and transmit data.
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Thunderquakes Map the Subsurface

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 4 December 20234 December 2023

Researchers have figured out how rumbling thunder turns to seismic waves and how this shaking could be used to reveal subsurface geology.

A buoy with a red and yellow bottom and a white top, labeled “TAO,” is lowered into the ocean from a ship.
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Bolstered by Buoys: Predicting El Niño

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 27 November 202327 November 2023

Scientists investigate the importance of a Pacific buoy network in monitoring and predicting the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.

Un instrumento de monitoreo científico con una cubierta en forma de cúpula montado en un tripíe se encuentra en una franja de césped entre dos áreas boscosas.
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Los primeros eventos de deslizamiento lento observados en el sur de Costa Rica

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 20 November 202320 November 2023

Cinco eventos observados en la Península de Osa revelan nueva información sobre el papel que estos pequeños y lentos terremotos pueden desempeñar en la acumulación de tensión y riesgos de tsunami a lo largo de las zonas de subducción.

A ring of fire annular solar eclipse just before maximum eclipse on a burnt orange sky.
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Ham Radios Crowdsourced Ionospheric Science During Eclipse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 October 202316 November 2023

Amateur radio operators who study space physics and the upper atmosphere probed the ionosphere’s response to the 2023 annular solar eclipse using shortwave transmissions.

A sail-shaped prototype of an ocean sensor floats in a pond
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Biodegradable Sensors Could Explore the Seas More Sustainably

by Lisa Aubry 26 October 202326 October 2023

Researchers are developing environmentally friendly instruments to monitor the oceans.

A scientific monitoring instrument with a dome-shaped cover mounted on a tripod sits in a grassy strip of land between two forested areas.
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The First Slow-Slip Events Seen off Southern Costa Rica

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 October 202320 November 2023

Five events observed off the Osa Peninsula shed new light on the role that these small, slow earthquakes can play in strain accumulation and tsunami hazards along subduction zones.

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Underground Heat Could Be a Problem, or a Perk, for Chicago Buildings

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 1 September 202311 September 2023

Heat released by old and inefficient Chicago buildings could, if harnessed, be an energy solution.

A black plume of smoke behind two single-family homes
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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

by Elise Cutts 23 August 202323 August 2023

Researchers drove around a van outfitted with a sensitive mass spectrometer to measure airborne chemicals weeks after the disaster.

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Grâce à la science communautaire, un réseau sismologique en Haïti

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 22 August 202322 August 2023

De petits sismomètres peu coûteux peuvent communiquer des données de haute qualité et en temps réel. Pendant le tremblement de terre d’août 2021, ils ont été mis à l’épreuve.

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