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News

2013

• Movers and shakers: UNAVCO assists Antarctic researchers with tectonic, glacial studies. 19 April 2013. Peter Rejcek. The Antarctic Sun.
• "Superstorm Sandy" let seismometers all over the US in on the action. 18 April 2013. Science Codex.
• 3 NW universities teaching teachers about tsunamis. 1 April 2013. The Daily Astorian.
• CWU Receives $194,000 for Earthquake and Tsunami Education. 26 March 2013. Central Washington University.
• EarthScope Speakers to Dive into Seismic Secrets. 4 February 2013. Illinois State University.
• Supervolcano Yellowstones Fury, January 12, 2013, CBC - Doc Zone.
• EarthScope: A Seismic Shift in Data Gathering. 7 February 2013. Ben Preston. Pacific Standard.
• CWU's PANGA Lab: Central Rocks - Roadside Geology. Episode 8. Central Rocks - Roadside Geology. CWU's Nick Zentner visits the Ghost Forest along Washington's Copalis River and then showcases the PANGA geodetic lab at Central Washington University. 19 minutes. Filmed in July, 2012.
• Ahead of the wave: Scientists are working to predict — and tame — the tsunamis that can threaten some coastal communities 13 February 2013. Stephen Ornes. Science News for Kids.
• Haitian Seismologists//Changing Antarctic Climate 15 January 2013. Tom McKinnon. How on Earth.
• First Science Cafe a resounding success. 10 Jan 2013. Sequim Gazette.

2012

• Poder Judicial y universidad de los EEUU firman convenio. 28 November 2012. El Caribe.
• Usan GPS para estudiar fenómenos atmosféricos. 30 October 2012. El Universal. English translation.
• Braving landfills, dodging avalanches, all for the sake of GPS and geoscience. 30 August 2012. Pique.
• Seismic station placed near earthquake site. 15 August 2012. Dave Lawrence. The Mechanicsville Local
• Nearly 1,000 earthquakes in Arizona from 2006-2009. 14 August 2012. KSWT News
• High-tech tools give researchers new view of Yellowstone geysers. 12 June 2012. Ruffin Prevost. Yellowstone Gate.
• Mountain of data awaits at Mount St. Helens. 11 June 2012. Rice News Release. Newsroom America.
• LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe. 23 May 2012. Paul Laustsen, USGS. Kea Giles, GSA. USGS Newsroom.
• Video News Clip: Geoffrey Blewitt discusses the use of GPS for monitoring tectonic activity and the possibility of a tsunami in Lake Tahoe due to to a large earthquake (and what to do about it). 14 May 2012. Fox 11 News, KRXI.
• Sierra Nevada mountains still reaching for the sky. 8 May 2012. David Perlman. San Francisco Chronicle.
• GPS And Space-based Radar Help Calculate Sierra Nevada’s Age, Growth. 7 May 2012. Red Orbit.
• From tiny grains of sand to the growth of a mountain range. 30 April 2012. Phys.org
• Earthquake Monitoring Network to be Installed in WV this Summer. 29 April 2012. Duane Nichols. Frack Check WV.
• NASA Backs Test of Real-time GPS Earthquake Mitigation Network. 26 April 2012. Glen Gibbons. Inside GNSS.
• NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Quakes. 24 April 2012. Science Daily.
  Official NASA Press Release
• Volcano behind Atlantis legend re-awakens. 23 April 2012. Charles Q. Choi. Science on MSNBC.com.
• Braving landfills, dodging avalanches, all for the sake of geoscience. 16 April 2012. Marian Lyman Kirst. High Country News.
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• Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes 12 April 2012. Peter Iglinski. University of Rochester.
  
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  • Volcanic Plumbing Provides Clues on Eruptions and Earthquakes. 13 April 2012. Red Orbit.
• WHITE PAPER: Fostering Interactions Between the Geosciences and Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. 3 April 2012. L. Ridgway Scott; and twenty-six others. The University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science.
• Feature: When the Earth Quakes. April 2012. John Stenmark, LS. Professional Surveyor Magazine.
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• Venice hasn't stopped sinking after all. 20 March 2012. AGU Press Release.
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• Venice is still sinking — and now it's tilting, too. 20 March 2012. Science on MSNBC.com.
• Venice continues slow sink, satellite readings show. 20 March 2012. Jonathan Amos BBC News.
• Venice Menace: Famed City is Sinking & Tilting. 20 March 2012. BBC: Our Amazing Planet
• Outlining a strategic vision for terrestrial geodetic imaging. (Report from: Charting the Future of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in the Earth Sciences and Related Fields; Boulder, Colorado, 17–19 October 2011. 13 March 2012. Eos, American Geophysical Union.
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• Making Waves: Japanese quake gave scientists an unprecedented look at a big tsunami. 25 February 2012. Science News.
• First EarthScope 'Transportable Array' Seismic Station Reaches U.S. East Coast. 15 February 2012. National Science Foundation News Release.
• California Cleantech Signs Deal to Provide Evaluation Units. 13 February 2012. Science News.
• Scientists deploy lasers, GPS technology to improve snow measurements. 13 February 2012. NCAR, UCAR AtmosNews.
• Motion Pictured: How an Earthquake Warps a Landscape. 9 February 2012. Scientific American.
• 3-D Laser Map Shows Earthquake Zone Before and After. 9 February 2012. National Science Foundation Press Release.
• 3-D laser map shows earthquake zone before and after. 9 February 2012. UC Davis News and Information.
• Huge Yellowstone Volcano Rising. 7 February 2012. Brett Israel. BBC: Our Amazing Planet.
• GPS Uncovers Possible Southwest Quake Risk. 24 January 2012. Crystal Gammon. BBC: Our Amazing Planet.
• The 2011 Japan tsunami current velocity measurements from survivor videos at Kesennuma Bay using LiDAR. 21 January 2012. Geophysical Research Letters.
• Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico, new study says. 12 January 2012.

2011

• Increased Ice Loss Resulted In Greater Greenland Bedrock Lifting. 11 December 2011.
• Why the Haiti earthquake may not have been a natural disaster. Steve Connor. 10 December 2011. The Independent.
• 2010 Spike in Greenland Ice Loss Lifted Bedrock, GPS Reveals 9 December 2011. Science News.
• Japan megaquake shifted gravity satellite orbits. Anil Ananthaswamy. 7 December 2011. New Scientist
• Science journalist apologizes for Newsweek quake article. Stephanie Pappas. 6 December 2011. MSNBC
• Rest your fears: Big earthquakes not on the rise. Stephanie Pappas. 9 December 2011. MSNBC.
• Journal Science gives SPORE award to 'Earth Exploration Toolbook.' Natasha Pinol. 29 September 2011. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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• OVSICORI instala estación en la Isla del Coco | OVSICORI installs station in the Island of the Coco. Jaime Sibaja. 24 August 2011. Teletica.
• What large-scale geosciences project would get your attention? Erik Klemetti. 4 August 2011. Big Think.
• Geological Outings Around the Bay: Point Año Nuevo Andrew Alden. 28 July 2011. Quest.
• Hidden depths: A staggering lack of undersea data hampers our understanding of earthquakes and tsunamis. Geophysicists must put more instruments offshore, says Andrew V. Newman. 23 June 2011. Nature. Download the PDF.
• Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space. 30 May 2011. New York Times.
• EarthScope #1 in Big Science: The Universe's Ten Most Epic Projects. 16 August 2011. Popular Science.

2010

• Discovery Channel takes a closer look at the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti last month with Geologist Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado: February 11, 2010: Discovery Channel [TV]
• A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Zone: January 25, 2010: New York Times [WEB]
• Purdue Geophysisists in Haiti Blog: January 25, 2010: Blog [WEB]
• Purdue researchers return to Haiti to examine possibility of another major earthquake: January 25, 2010: Lafayette Online [WEB]
• Scientists Return to Haiti to Assess Possibility of Another Major Quake: January 25, 2010: National Science Foundation Press Release [WEB]
• New Earthquake Information Unearthed by San Andreas Fault Studies: January 21, 2010: National Science Foundation News [WEB]
• The Cause of Haiti's Latest Earthquake: Is the Worst Yet to Come? A Look at the Seismic Science in the Caribbean: January 20, 2010: Newsweek Blog [WEB]
• Earthquake Aftershock: January 20, 2010: shnock.com [WEB]
• Geologists to evaluate future Haiti risks: January 19, 2010: Nature [WEB]
• Waiting for clear weather: January 19, 2010: Iceshelf [WEB]
• Purdue researchers studied Haitian fault; warned of potential for a large earthquake: January 15, 2010: Lafayette Online [WEB]

[ 19 January 2010] US geologists hope to arrive in Haiti next week to pick through the rubble of the earthquake that struck on 12 January, killing tens of thousands of people. The scientists will hunt for survey markers that could help them better understand the geology of what happened — and perhaps determine where future risk lies. [read more]

[15 January 2010] The potential for large earthquakes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic was forecast by a model of the northeastern Caribbean created by a team of experts. Eric Calais, a professor of geophysics at Purdue University, led the research team that is the only group utilizing advanced measurement equipment along the Enriquillo and Septentrional faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A numerical model of the forces building up beneath the Earth's surface suggested the potential for a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti and a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in the Dominican Republic, Calais said. The results were published in a 2008 paper in Geophysical Journal International. [read more]

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In the Press

2009
Area Teachers Work with Scientists to Create Curriculum: October 16, 2009: The Mining Journal [WEB]
GPS: Got Plenty of Snow?: September 29, 2009: ScienceNOW Magazine [WEB]
Career Resources: The Scientific Process, Video Interview with Artist Susan Eriksson: August 14, 2009: NSDL [WEB]
Pisgah Astronomical Monitoring Earth Crust March 5, 2009 [WEB]

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
Greenland's Mysterious Holes Speed Ice Flow to Sea: December 24, 2007: NPR, www.npr.org [WEB]
Geodetic Laser Scanning: December, 2007: Physics Today [WEB]
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]

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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