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A bright blue light is seen just under the water’s surface off the back of a docked boat.
Posted inFeatures

A Bright, LED-Lit Future for Ocean Sciences

by Collin P. Ward 20 December 202118 April 2022

LEDs have taken over the global lighting market. Now it’s time for this versatile, low-cost, and energy-efficient technology to illuminate oceanic processes.

The ultrahigh-vacuum chamber of an optical clock operated by the National Metrology Institute of Germany. Inside the chamber, strontium atoms are cooled by a laser.
Posted inAGU News

Build It, and the Science Will Come

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 20 December 202128 July 2022

In January, Eos takes a look at the scientists who know that sometimes the answer to a question is a screwdriver.

Illustration of an atom being held in place by six lasers.
Posted inFeatures

Lasers and Ultracold Atoms for a Changing Earth

by Michel Van Camp, F. Pereira dos Santos, Michael Murböck, Gérard Petit and Jürgen Müller 20 December 20219 March 2023

Applying new technology rooted in quantum mechanics and relativity to terrestrial and space geodesy will sharpen our understanding of how the planet responds to natural and human-induced changes.

An atmospheric river drenches California with heavy rain in 2019.
Posted inNews

Atmospheric Rivers Spur High-Tide Floods on U.S. West Coast

by Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright 17 December 202130 January 2024

Researchers analyzed 36 years of data to understand how atmospheric rivers and other factors drive chronic coastal flooding.

Five Wabanaki wampum bead belts.
Posted inENGAGE, News

WAMPUM: An Indigenous-Designed Path to Sea Level Rise Adaptation

Jane Palmer, Science Writer by Jane Palmer 16 December 20211 June 2023

Northeastern and mid-Atlantic tribal nations lived sustainably on the coastline for centuries before colonization. How can their experiences inform strategies for sea level rise adaptation?

A school of silver marine fish in the Maldives
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Ancient Fish Thrived During a Period of Rapid Global Warming

by Elyse DeFranco 14 December 202114 December 2021

Teeth and scales preserved in marine sediments suggest that fish thrived during one of Earth’s fastest-warming periods.

The Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit (CORK) borehole monitoring observatory, pictured here, connected to the Ocean Networks Canada cable system.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Faults in Oceanic Crust Contribute to Slow Seismic Waves

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 10 December 202126 January 2022

New high-sampling rate measurements of fluid pressures in oceanic crust reveal unresolved fractures and pathways for fluid flow.

Several people aboard a small motorboat in a fjord with a glacial ice cliff in the background
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Arctic Unicorns and the Secret Sounds of a Glacial Fjord

by Evgeny A. Podolskiy 9 December 20213 February 2023

The successful deployment of a seafloor seismometer near the calving front of a Greenland glacier has opened a new avenue to study hidden glacial processes and the behavior of fjord-dwelling wildlife.

Scientists living in ice camps during an entire year in 1975 (top). Automated instruments attached to sea ice in 2006–2012 (bottom).
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Capturing How Fast the Arctic Ocean Is Gaining Fresh Water

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 December 20219 December 2021

A new analysis suggests that models do not accurately capture how fresh Arctic surface waters mix with deeper waters, contributing to underestimation of Arctic surface freshening.

An ice cliff at the edge of a glacier sits in the water.
Posted inOpinions

Quit Worrying About Uncertainty in Sea Level Projections

by Jeremy Bassis 30 November 20213 February 2023

Emphasizing uncertainty in model projections of long-term sea level rise is a misguided approach. Instead, we should focus on communicating what we do know while improving model confidence.

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