Centennial Collection Archives

Feature 11 December 2019

A Modern Manual for Marsquake Monitoring

Thanks to some extraordinary engineering, the InSight mission has led the new field of Martian seismology to the development of a new planetary magnitude scale in less than a year.

Geology & Geophysics

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Feature 11 December 2019

Scientists Scramble to Collect Data After Ridgecrest Earthquakes

Ground shaking in Southern California, including a magnitude 7.1 temblor, triggered a massive mobilization effort to collect seismological, geological, and geodetic data.

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Geology & Geophysics

AGU News 6 December 2019

A Streetcar for the Digital Age

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

Geology & Geophysics

Black-and-white photo of geologist Clyde Wahrhaftig, looking like a beatnik

News 6 December 2019

The Layered Legacy of Clyde Wahrhaftig

As the geologist’s beloved guidebook gets a digital makeover, his personal contributions to the field shed light on who he was as a scientist.

Science Policy & Funding

Raychelle Daniel and family on a boat off the Alaskan coast circa 1980.

Opinion 5 December 2019

Understanding Our Environment Requires an Indigenous Worldview

As geoscience and policy-making communities begin to recognize the importance of including indigenous knowledge into their work, we must place the proper value on it through equitable time and funding.

Science Policy & Funding

Robin D. López at Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona in 2017

Opinion 4 December 2019

Laying Proper Foundations for Diversity in the Geosciences

Diversity constructed on the tenets of justice and accountability will create a truly better community that creates truly better science.

History of Geophysics

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AGU News 4 December 2019

Digging Into 100 Years of AGU Treasures

AGU staff members spent an afternoon exploring the organization’s archives and unearthing gems from the past.

Science Policy & Funding

Students participating in Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s Secondary School Field Research Program pose for a photo in Lamont’s marine microbiology laboratory.

Opinion 3 December 2019

Promoting Racial Diversity in Geoscience Through Transparency

Geoscience is notoriously lacking in diversity. Institutions can change this by making recruitment and selection processes transparent and by actively engaging minority students.

Science Policy & Funding