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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Using Cell Phones as Space Weather Vanes

by L. O’Hanlon 14 May 202113 October 2021

Tiny magnetometers have turned your phone into a compass, and new research shows they are sensitive to geomagnetic storms.

A hand holding a glass sphere through which a forest is visible
Posted inNews

A Promising Forecast for Predictive Science

by M. Stonecash 25 February 202120 October 2022

A new U.S. Geological Survey report outlines how emerging technologies and cross-disciplinary collaborations are expected to empower new tools for managing hazards and resources.

A person stands on the rim of a canyon in New Mexico with the Sun shining down
Posted inScience Updates

A Pandemic Pivot in Earth Science Outreach and Education

by M. Hubenthal, W. Bohon and J. Taber 2 December 202022 March 2022

For some educators, restrictions imposed by COVID-19 created space for innovation and affirmed the value of online tools and learning environments for increasing access to and engagement with science.

The central processing unit–based Cheyenne supercomputer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)–Wyoming Supercomputing Center
Posted inOpinions

Earth System Modeling Must Become More Energy Efficient

by R. Loft 28 July 202019 August 2022

As weather and climate models grow larger and more data intensive, the amount of energy needed to run them continues to increase. Are researchers doing enough to minimize the carbon footprint of their computing?

A flooded home in Braithwaite, La., after Hurricane Isaac in 2012
Posted inOpinions

Do You Know Your Home’s Flood Risk?

by E. J. Kearns, M. Amodeo and J. Porter 29 June 20209 March 2023

Search for your address in this new database and get an easy to understand indicator of the potential for flooding now and over the next several decades as climate change alters our environment.

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Posted inAGU News

AGU’s Online Learning Exchange Shares Education Resources

by AGU 19 March 202030 August 2022

As teachers worldwide transition to virtual learning, expert educators offer a new place to find and share the best ways to keep your students on track.

Group photo of paleoclimatology proxy experts at a paleo-CO2 workshop
Posted inNews

2020 Hindsight: A Website for All Paleo-CO2 Data

by E. Malsbury 10 January 202014 June 2022

A new website will soon compile and display all ancient atmospheric CO2 data.

Smartphones lay on a shake table to record accelerometer data.
Posted inNews

How to Turn Your Smartphone into an Earthquake Detector

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 8 December 20197 December 2022

A free smartphone app tracks earthquakes using your phone’s accelerometer. One day, the app could issue emergency warnings to those in danger.

Ring Mountain in California
Posted inAGU News

A Streetcar for the Digital Age

by K. McCarthy 6 December 201910 November 2021

A Streetcar to Subduction for the digital age: AGU revises a classic guidebook using Google Earth.

An image of a solar flare in extreme ultraviolet
Posted inNews

Virtual Super Instrument Enhances Solar Spacecraft

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 1 November 201921 February 2023

The same algorithms that help control self-driving cars and speech-to-text functionality have helped build a virtual instrument to study the Sun.

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