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We need to holistically design numerical toolboxes to ensure accuracy, transparency, and replicability in Earth sciences.
Posted inOpinions

It’s Time to Shift Emphasis Away from Code Sharing

by C. A. Greene and Kaustubh Thirumalai 20 February 201914 January 2022

Building well-documented, citable frameworks for Earth data analysis will encourage scientific replicability by addressing the underlying issues that inhibit code sharing.

Ruzbeh Akbar installs sensors at a SoilSCAPE site in California
Posted inScience Updates

Soil Moisture Data Sets Become Fertile Ground for Applications

by R. Shrestha and A. G. Boyer 4 February 201921 March 2022

An integrated data platform harmonizes many disparate soil moisture data sets to better inform disaster response planners, climate scientists and meteorologists, farmers, and others.

Mantle-derived peridotite xenolith from San Carlos, Arizona, showing green olivine crystals.
Posted inScience Updates

Understanding Electrical Signals from Below Earth’s Surface

by A. Pommier and J. Roberts 19 November 20189 March 2023

A new version of a free Web application (SIGMELTS 2.0) helps Earth scientists interpret electrical anomalies in Earth’s crust and mantle and track the sources of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Geodetic GPS station P311 atop the Sierra Nevada mountains at Coyote Ridge, near Bishop, Calif., elevation 3,699 meters.
Posted inScience Updates

Harnessing the GPS Data Explosion for Interdisciplinary Science

by G. Blewitt, W. C. Hammond and C. Kreemer 24 September 201819 November 2021

More GPS stations, faster data delivery, and better data processing provide an abundance of information for all kinds of Earth scientists.

Planet Earth seen from space with illustrated data networks
Posted inNews

Hack Weeks Gaining Ground in the Earth and Space Sciences

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 14 September 201810 April 2023

Workshops that fuse traditional learning with Silicon Valley–inspired “hack sessions” are giving scientists a new venue to build community and sharpen their skills.

A new database will help researchers to better model complex fine root ecosystems.
Posted inScience Updates

Better Plant Data at the Root of Ecosystem Models

by M. L. McCormack, A. S. Powell and C. M. Iversen 21 August 201821 March 2022

Version 2 of the Fine-Root Ecology Database is bigger, better, and free to download and use.

Map of a zoned dolomite crystal in a quartz matrix from the Strelley Pool Formation created using GIS software.
Posted inScience Updates

Making Maps on a Micrometer Scale

by B. J. Linzmeier, K. Kitajima, A. C. Denny and J. N. Cammack 17 May 20187 March 2023

Geographic information system software, created for mapping cities and continents, works equally well with the minuscule layers and inclusions that record a crystal’s history.

Citizen scientists can use smartphone apps to collect hydrological information from the streams they encounter.
Posted inScience Updates

Testing the Waters: Mobile Apps for Crowdsourced Streamflow Data

by S. Kampf, B. Strobl, J. Hammond, A. Anenberg, S. Etter, C. Martin, K. Puntenney-Desmond, J. Seibert and Ilja van Meerveld 12 April 20189 February 2023

Citizen scientists keep a watchful eye on the world’s streams, catching intermittent streams in action and filling data gaps to construct a more complete hydrologic picture.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Managing Radio Traffic Jams with the Cloud

by E. Underwood 7 February 201818 October 2022

Sensor networks and data mining allow for fully automated, real-time monitoring of radio waves.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Thermodynamic Model for Computing Mantle Mineralogy

by M. Walter 16 January 20184 August 2023

A newly developed open-access software package called MMA-EoS can calculate whole mantle mineralogy in multicomponent systems by Gibbs energy minimization.

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