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A map of the world centered on the Pacific Ocean, with continents in gray and oceans in white. Lines of bright colors cross the oceans and wind around continents, depicting the locations of transoceanic subsea cables.
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Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 12 December 202212 December 2022

Future cables that stretch across the ocean, transmitting cat videos and financial transactions, could also contain temperature, pressure, and seismic sensors that would allow scientists to spy on the seafloor.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Using Big Data for Monitoring Network Design and Beyond

by Stefan Kollet 5 December 202229 November 2022

Large data sets can be generated using deep learning to improve the design of observation networks for monitoring subsurface flow and transport.

Four CubeSats close together in orbit above Earth.
Posted inOpinions

Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings

by Shin-Chan Han, Simon McClusky, T. Dylan Mikesell, Paul Tregoning and Jeanne Sauber 4 November 202230 November 2022

Pairing navigation satellites and CubeSats could provide earlier, more accurate warnings of approaching tsunamis and other impacts of extreme events.

An aerial view of the skyline of Los Angeles.
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Reaching New Levels in Groundwater Monitoring

by Caroline Hasler 3 November 20223 November 2022

As regions around the world face record-breaking droughts, researchers are using seismology to track groundwater levels and show that sustainable policies reduce strain on aquifers.

Skyline of a construction site in Mumbai, India
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Indian Cities Invest in Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors

by Deepa Padmanaban 19 October 202228 October 2022

The sensors help bridge gaps in air quality data due to critical shortages of government monitoring stations.

Mist permeates a lush rain forest in Tanzania
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Monitoring Moisture from Afar

by Danielle Beurteaux 12 October 202212 October 2022

Undisturbed tropical rain forests are experiencing more frequent droughts, but the ecosystems are isolated and difficult to assess. Scientists are using remote sensing to expand the depth and scope of monitoring efforts.

Photograph of a Global Seismographic Network station with mountains in the background.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Global Seismic Networks: Recording the Heartbeat of the Earth

by Adam T. Ringler 9 September 20229 September 2022

Global broadband seismographic networks have provided the science community with 30 years of data which is being used to understand the Earth.

A tall jet of lightning extends upward from a bright thundercloud in front of a dark starry sky. The gigantic jet is bright white at the base and then transitions to blue and then to red as it reaches upward. The top of the jet is wider than the base.
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Gigantic Jet of Lightning Mapped over Oklahoma

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 September 20227 September 2022

The most powerful gigantic jet ever recorded fortuitously appeared over a sensor array in Oklahoma, enabling scientists to map the structure of the phenomenon for the first time.

坐落于长江干流的中国三峡水库
Posted inResearch Spotlights

光纤技术为滑坡监测开辟新领域

by Aaron Sidder 30 August 202230 August 2022

为了研究中国三峡水库沿线的一处滑坡,研究人员在现场布设了光纤传感器,来监测地下温度、湿度和应变。

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River Floods Can Trigger Powerful Underwater Landslides

by Carolyn Wilke 26 August 202225 January 2023

A record-length turbidity current triggered by river flooding has revealed a new link between the surface and the deep sea.

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