This field season, EarthScope staff spent time on Mt. Erebus for some major upgrades to the seismic network, including a new station. Final tally on batteries hauled around by helicopter? About 14,000 pounds.

InSight has advanced our understanding of the Martian interior by using seismic techniques typically applied on Earth. One instrument, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) returned data that shows marsquakes from recent impacts of space debris on the surface. Compared to the orbitally-imaged catalog of craters, the seismically-detected events don’t seem to entirely match. 

The threat of destruction and injury the tornado chasers show viewers in the 2024 movie “Twisters” is real, so what can be done currently to warn against tornadoes, and how do we detect and track them using geophysics?

When features below Earth’s surface aren’t easily visible, geophysicists turn to their multi-disciplinary toolbox for answers. In a new study, geophysicists took a listen to ambient noise with seismometers to map out the complex structure of a Florida aquifer. 

Yale scientists discuss how to incorporate a low-cost, education-ready seismic sensor with coursework and outreach.

In order to monitor compliance with the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the CTBTO is developing ways to verify nuclear explosions. A new benchmark dataset based on (non-nuclear) experiments is one example.

Seismic monitoring of Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser showed that signals appeared weaker in winter—because of snow cover.