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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
Posted inNews

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.

Posted inNews

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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Posted inNews

When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous

by Christine Peterson 19 July 202324 July 2023

New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Deeper Dive into Wintry, Carbon-Absorbing Antarctic Waters

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 8 March 20238 March 2023

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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Posted inScience Updates

Observing a Seismic Cycle at Sea

by Margaret Boettcher, Emily Roland, Jessica Warren, Robert Evans and John Collins 7 March 202325 May 2023

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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Posted inNews

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.

Diagrams from the paper showing monitoring locations.
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.

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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 20222 July 2025

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

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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.

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