A new climate change app uses interactive data maps to engage users and prompt the exploration of questions related to changing sea levels and climate vulnerability.
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Tracking Landslide Hazards Around the World, Pixel by Pixel
Combining satellite precipitation measurements and remotely sensed environmental data, a new system aims to improve landslide awareness and preparedness in all corners of the globe.
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Closing the Air Quality Data Gap in the Developing World
How a husband-and-wife team created the world's first open access, open source international air quality data hub—a global resource for health organizations, policy makers, and others.
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A More Powerful Reality Test for Climate Models
A new climate model evaluation package will deliver objective comparisons between models and observations for research and model development and provide a framework for community engagement.
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Crowdsourced Seismology
The seismologists of the world want to turn you into an earthquake detector.
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Visualizing Cross-Sectional Data in a Real-World Context
Combining the capabilities of an open-source drawing tool with Google Earth maps allows researchers to visualize real-world cross-sectional data in three dimensions.
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Visualizing the Climate's Future
Climate Inspector: A new Web-based approach to exploring global climate change across space and time.
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Status of Tools and Data for Planetary Research
2nd Planetary Data Workshop; Flagstaff, Arizona, 8–11 June 2015
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Field Data Management: Integrating Cyberscience and Geoscience
The smartphone and tablet revolution has changed how geologists work in the field, but now the community must come up with standards to tame the flood of data.
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Puzzles Invite You to Explore Earth with Interactive Imagery
The EarthQuiz challenge can take you to virtual field locations with just the click of a button. Where in the world is this, and can you guess the significance of the geological features shown?