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Haiti earthquake: It wasn't the fault of EnriquilloScientists initially identified the Enriquillo fault as the source of the 12 January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. But they had the wrong suspect. Geophysicist Eric Calais explains how new evidence shows that it was another fault that was responsible for the earthquake. -
Drilling Into Faults Quickly After EarthquakesFor a few years after a major earthquake, the fault that ruptured is observably changing. A quickly drilled deep borehole along this fault can help scientists advance from current empirical models of earthquake initiation and fault slip to a full physics-based understanding of rupture processes.Not a Member? Join AGU
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Gulf Gusher: Oil-spill science has advanced, but data are sparseThe Geohazards blog spoke recently with marine geochemist John Farrington, who studied the Ixtoc oil spill as a member of a shipboard research mission 20 years ago. Farrington was one of a group of scientists assembled by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership at Louisiana State University to make recommendations for how scientists can best respond to the Deepwater Horizon spill.Photo: An oiled salt marsh on the Gulf of Mexico. (Courtesy of Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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Science, Space, and Shuttles: An Interview With Astronaut and AGU Member Piers SellersIn the week before the final launch of space shuttle Atlantis, crew member Piers Sellers discussed the specifics of his mission and his experiences as an astronaut.Not a Member? Join AGU
Image courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center
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Mount St. Helens 30-year anniversaryThe spectacular eruption of Mount St. Helens on 18 May 1980 remains a seminal historical event—studying it and its aftermath revolutionized the way scientists approach the field of volcanology. Lives lost and the impact of the eruption on people and infrastructure downstream and downwind made it imperative for scientists to work to lessen losses from future eruptions.
Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) photo by R. M. Krimmel.
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When volcanic ash chokes the air (and grounds your airplane)…Scientists are getting better at detecting and predicting volcanic ash eruptions and where the gritty plumes will go. But there's still a lot of work to be done. Grounded in Paris by the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and reached there by phone, John Eichelberger, Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator at the USGS (and an AGU member), puts the ash emergency into perspective.
Photo Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA
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Future Scientific Drilling of Oceanic CrustScientific drilling could provide a wealth of new information about crustal processes occurring at mid-ocean ridges.
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Solar wind pressure drives away Mars's atmosphereA new analysis of solar wind data and satellite observations shows how solar wind pulses contribute to the loss of atmosphere from Mars. The study should help scientists better understand the evolution of Mars's atmosphere.
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Photo Credit: NASA
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Scott Doney, Nominee for Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Scott Doney as Chief Scientist at NOAA. Doney is a senior scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). His research focuses on marine ecosystem dynamics and the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle. He returned to WHOI in 2002 following 11 years in the Advanced Study Program and Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Doney is an AGU Fellow and Macelwane medalist.
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Call for Nominations — 2011 Alan T. Waterman Award
The National Science Foundation is pleased to accept nominations for the 2011 Alan T. Waterman Award. Each year, the Foundation bestows the Waterman Award to recognize the talent, creativity, and influence of a singular young researcher. Nominees are accepted from any field of science or engineering that NSF supports. Details about the Waterman award's history, the nomination procedure and the selection criteria can be found on NSF's Web site.
Climate scientist vilified by sceptics 'relieved, vindicated' and back at CRU
Climate scientist Phil Jones to lead research at CRU after third independent report clears his name and backs his science
Scientists and government officials in L'Aquila, Italy, are being investigated on charges of manslaughter for saying it was “improbable, although not impossible” that a severe earthquake would strike the city, just days before a Mw 6.3 earthquake killed 308 people in the city.
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In June 2007, a gleaming, 30-feet-tall tower was erected on the AGU building's roof, intended to enhance geoscience and national security. A team of researchers installed the tower and outfitted it with weather instruments to be used in a new scientific data-gathering network, known as UrbaNet.
The Washington, D.C.-area network is the first of its kind in the United States. The goal of the network's developers is to refine atmospheric models so that they can predict, neighborhood by neighborhood, where a plume of toxic or radioactive contaminants will go. Such a plume might be released from an accident or terrorist attack.
UrbaNet is a program of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The research will also serve the Department of Homeland Security.
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