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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Studying volcanic eruptions in Iceland lends insight into the mantle temperature below.

Research Spotlight 18 November 2016

A Significantly Hotter Mantle Beneath Iceland

Estimates of crystallization temperatures from four eruptions in northern Iceland offer improved constraints on the mantle's temperature beneath this anomalous divergent plate boundary.
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Asteroid strikes Earth 65 million years ago

News 17 November 2016

Cores from Crater Tied to Dinosaur Demise Validate Impact Theory

Drilling into the famous, deeply buried Chicxulub crater off Mexico, researchers found deformed and porous granite that opens new avenues of research.
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Biogeosciences
Fish that suffocated from a red tide in Florida’s coastal ocean wash up onshore.

Science Update 14 November 2016

Coastal Observations from a New Vantage Point

The NASA Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events satellite mission plans to keep an eye on short-term processes that affect coastal communities and ecosystems.
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Science Policy & Funding
A member of the U.S. Marine Corps views the impact of a missile fired as part of NATO exercise Cold Response 16, a military-academia partnership.

Opinion 10 November 2016

Academia and the Military Can Be Valuable Partners

The common cause of protecting people and the environment from disasters can and should unite academics and military personnel.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Calbuco volcano in Chile erupting and injecting ash and gases into the atmosphere.

Meeting Report 10 November 2016

How Did Climate and Humans Respond to Past Volcanic Eruptions?

First workshop of the Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society Working Group; Palisades, New York, 6–8 June 2016
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Natural Hazards
After a 2012 landslide in Finca Loma Linda, Guatemala, 46 people were forced to evacuate to an emergency shelter.

Science Update 3 November 2016

An Early Warning System for Landslide Danger

Advances in satellite imaging, mapping, and rainfall estimations have made it possible to implement a regional real-time assessment of landslide hazard threats across Central America.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Improved modeling of water runoff from heavy rainfall events could help communities prepare for hazards like the 2016 flooding in Baton Rouge.

Research Spotlight 3 November 2016

Modeling Rainfall Runoff

New framework unifies existing models for better analysis of the flowing water produced by heavy rain events.
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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Editors' Vox 31 October 2016

Anthropogenic Drought: How Humans Affect the Global Ecosystem

Amir AghaKouchak discusses how human activity affects water supply and the environment.
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Space Science & Space Physics
PG5 is one of the most remote sites in the Autonomous Adaptive Low-Power Instrument Platforms (AAL-PIP) array

Science Update 27 October 2016

Space Weather from a Southern Point of View

A recently completed instrument array in Antarctica provides a more complete understanding of the near-Earth space environment.
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Ocean Sciences
A surfer shares his wave with a flurry of marine debris fragments.

Meeting Report 25 October 2016

Developing a Remote Sensing System to Track Marine Debris

Workshop on Mission Concepts for Marine Debris Sensing; Honolulu, Hawaii, 19–21 January 2016
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