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
Heat released by old and inefficient Chicago buildings could, if harnessed, be an energy solution.
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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment
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
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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When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous
New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.
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A Deeper Dive into Wintry, Carbon-Absorbing Antarctic Waters
Cold surface water in the Southern Ocean is a critical component in ocean carbon uptake. A new study profiles it using state-of-the-art research techniques.
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Observing a Seismic Cycle at Sea
Scientists organized a trio of expeditions to document the buildup of stress leading to a large earthquake on a seafloor fault, developing innovations for successful seagoing research in the process.
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Making Underwater Cables SMART with Sensors
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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Using Big Data for Monitoring Network Design and Beyond
Large data sets can be generated using deep learning to improve the design of observation networks for monitoring subsurface flow and transport.
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Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings
Pairing navigation satellites and CubeSats could provide earlier, more accurate warnings of approaching tsunamis and other impacts of extreme events.