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Education and Outreach - Newsroom
This page features general announcements, links to press releases, news articles, and other media sources where UNAVCO, Plate Boundary Observatory, and EarthScope have been mentioned.
News
[December 2007] Geodesy has come a long way since Aristotle suggested the earth was a perfect sphere. Scientists have moved from debating the shape of the earth to techniques such as geodetic laser scanning (GLS), which produces surface maps at sub-meter to sub-centimeter resolution. Read about UNAVCO’s contribution to the detailed mapping of the northern San Andreas Fault using GLS, as well as a brief history of GLS, instrumentation, scientific results, and what to expect in the future in the Physics Today December 2007 article, Geodetic Laser Scanning on www.physicstoday.org. [WEB]
[24 December 2007] Moulins, or vertical shafts formed by surface water percolating through a glacier, could be a key factor in an ice sheet’s rapid response to climate change. Learn more in this recent NPR piece highlighting results of the UNAVCO supported Greenland Supraglacial Lakes project with PIs Sarah Das and Ian Joughlin. Richard Harris travels to Greenland to join the hunt for a mystery moulin in Greenland's Mysterious Holes Speed Ice Flow to Sea on www.npr.org [WEB]
More news and highlights:
[UNAVCO E&O Highlights] [PBO General Announcements] [EarthScope News]
In the Press
2008
India has a key satellite antenna stolen for scrap February 20, 2008: Nature [WEB]
New Greenland Ice Sheet Data Will Impact Climate Change Models February 11, 2008: University at Buffalo [WEB]
The 2005 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano,
Galápagos, Ecuador 2008: Bull Volcanol [PDF]
2007
Upcoming US-China workshops on Geophysics/Seismology November, 2007: Physics Today [WEB]
Yellowstone Rising November 7, 2007: University of Utah [WEB]
EarthScope Scientist Matt Fouch (ASU) Receives Presidential Award: November 2, 2007 [PDF]
The Shortest Distance Between Two Points is Getting Shorter in B.C.: August 3, 2007: GISuser.com [WEB]
Yellowstone's Quiet Power: A Volcano Forcefully Shapes the Land, Even Between Eruptions March 1, 2007: University of Utah [WEB]
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Catching the movement: Earth plate observatory may find answers: January 19, 2007: Daily Record, Online Edition [WEB]
More In the Press articles: [PBO In the News]
Previous 'In the Press' articles
2006
Geological hazards are focus of Chinese research initiatives December, 2006: Physics Today [WEB]
Himalayan megaquakes powered by elastic energy in Tibetan plateau, says U of Colorado study November 8, 2006, EurekAlert [WEB]
EarthScope Project to Install Precision GPS Monument at Alum Creek State Park: August 2006, Press Release [PDF]
California shaking, but no cause for concern: July 29, 2006, New Scientist [PDF]
Satellite Imagery Shows a Sinking New Orleans: June 1, 2006, National Public Radio [WEB]
UNAVCO to Use CENIC's California Research & Education Network for EarthScope Seismic Observatory Project: May 15, 2006, Press Release [PDF]
Listening to the San Andreas: April 2006, Sunset Magazine [WEB]
Pulse Reveals Beating Heart of a Supervolcano: 1 Mar 2006, NewScientist.com [WEB]
Instruments on Alaska's Augustine Volcano Provide New Insights Into Volcanic Processes: 13 Feb 2006, Kansas City InfoZine [WEB]
Yuma Earth Science Classes Get New Spin: 29 Jan 2006, YumaSun.com [WEB]
Rift Zone: 8 Jan 2006, Albuquerque Journal [PDF]
CORS Network Supports Hurricane-Related Activities: 3 Jan 2006, GeoCommunity Spatial News [WEB]
2005
Greenland Glacier Races to Ocean: 8 Dec 2005, BBC Online [WEB]
Science Increasingly Relies on GPS for Data Collection: 13 Nov 2005, The Antarctic Sun [PDF]
EarthScope Watches World: 20 Oct 2005, The Daily Camera [PDF]
Local Nonprofit uses GPS to Assess Damage: 3 Sep 2005, The Daily Camera [PDF]
GPS Tracks Mountain Action: 3 Sep 2005, The Daily Camera [PDF]
Fastest Glacier (seven minute PBS Broadcast): 25 July 2005, NOVA Science Now on PBS [WEB]
New Mexico Rift Makes Quakes Likely: 24 Feb 2005, Albuquerque Journal [PDF]
Unit on Volcano Helps Scientists Track Drifting Plates: 4 Feb 2005, The Daily News [WEB]
* All articles from The Daily Camera were reprinted with permission from www.dailycamera.com
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