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EarthScope Consortium supports transformative global geophysical research and education. Operator of the NSF National Geophysical Facility. #NSFfunded
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EarthScope is hiring! We’re looking for a Staff Accountant II (remote, U.S.) to support a wide range of accounting activities, including maintaining, posting, and balancing financial statements, records, documents, and reports.

Learn more & apply ➡️ https://www.earthscope.org/careers/
Graphic with the text “We’re Hiring!” over a photo of a calculator, pen, and financial documents. The background fades from red on the left to purple on the right, with the URL “earthscope.org/careers” at the bottom.
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Looking for a summer field camp experience? Applications are now open for the 2026 Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE)—learn geophysics by doing geophysics!

Learn more & apply ➡️ https://loom.ly/Taww24E
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January 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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The NSF National Geophysical Facility will be expanding support for near-surface geophysics. Your input can help shape future efforts for research and teaching with near-surface geophysics!

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey ➡️ https://loom.ly/tVEZXlE
Illustration of a person pushing a ground-penetrating radar cart across grass, with subsurface waves shown belowground. Text reads “Near-Surface Geophysics Support” and “Community input needed!” with NSF and National Geophysical Facility (operated by EarthScope) logos at the bottom.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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🌎 Ignite your geoscience passion this summer—applications for Geo-Launchpad are now open!

Geo-Launchpad is a paid summer internship open exclusively to U.S. community college students, no prior research experience required!

Learn more & apply ➡️ https://loom.ly/TGBVv44
Group of 5 Geo-Launchpad interns from 2025 stand in a row outside. Text includes Geo-Launchpad logo and 'applications now open!'
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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🌎 Dive into geophysics research this summer—applications for RESESS are now open!

RESESS is a paid summer internship for undergrads that offers the chance to conduct geophysics research with a faculty mentor at colleges and universities across the country.

Apply! ➡️ https://loom.ly/f5-KCDY
Group photo of 2025 RESESS interns outdoors with three rows of students. Text includes RESESS logo and 'applications now open!'
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Visit our geophysical event page for today’s M6.5 earthquake near Acapulco, Mexico to access geodetic and seismic data.
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https://loom.ly/CuarLYM
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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As we ring in 2026, we can take a look at how our Earth shook in 2025. 🎆🌏
This animation shows 2,150 globally-recorded earthquakes magnitude 5 and above throughout 2025.

Explore yourself using our Interactive Earthquake Browser! ➡️ https://loom.ly/jjk2yqw
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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EarthScope Webinars are returning in 2026! Please join for our upcoming Webinar on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12 pm MT.

NISAR first looks: The NISAR soil moisture product

Presenter: Dr. Rowena Lohman (Cornell University)

Register to attend ➡️ https://loom.ly/xLCX8HI
EarthScope Webinar promotional graphic titled ‘NISAR first looks: The NISAR soil moisture product,’ featuring a headshot of Dr. Rowena Lohman (Cornell University) and the event date and time: Thursday, January 15 at 12 pm MT.
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Our take on the "12 Days of Geophysics" 🎶

Happy holiday greetings from all of us at EarthScope!
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Not at #AGU25 to pick up a physical poster for your walls? Not to worry! We have an online digitally interactive version of our "What's Inside the Earth?" poster.

🌎 https://loom.ly/jX9mNZg
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The results of the recent Board of Directors election have been tallied! The Board is elected by representatives of our member institutions to act as non-profit governance to EarthScope Consortium.

Read more on the new, current, and outgoing Board members.
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https://loom.ly/WWhu3_k
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December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Be sure to stop by the NSF National Geophysical Facility operated by EarthScope booth at #AGU25! We have stickers, posters, notebooks, and interactive displays!
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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EarthScope engineers and Field Safety mountaineers successfully serviced GPS stations in the ablation zone of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. With a pole-mounted pulley setup, they lowered the 800-lb stations back to the surface—no small task on glacial ice! #FieldworkFriday

📷 Nick Bruno/EarthScope
Three team members in cold-weather gear operate a pulley system attached to the station frame, preparing to lift heavy batteries from the enclosure. A tilted NetR9 GPS station with multiple solar panels stands on ablated glacier ice, with steep ice terraces and rocky valley walls behind it. A lowered and re-leveled GPS station sits on the glacier surface near exposed ice cliffs, with tools and backpacks set on the ice under low clouds. A small group works around the leaning GPS station on the glacier surface, adjusting ropes and equipment with the steep valley slope rising behind them.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Join us in 2026 for a joint webinar series with @cuahsi.bsky.social to highlight the work being done at the intersection of hydrology and geophysics, and to foster collaboration between geophysicists and hydrologists.

Register to attend ➡️ https://loom.ly/2dyZz9A
Webinar Series: Integrating Hydrology and Geophysics. Wednesdays, January–March 2026, 2–3 pm ET. Sessions: January 28 – Current Research in Hydrodeosy and Hydroseismology; February 11 – Challenges and Opportunities in Data Sharing & Critical Zone Science; February 25 – Innovative Technical Tools and Methods; March 11 – Building Skills and Finding Collaborators. Logos for NSF, National Geophysical Facility operated by EarthScope, and CUAHSI appear at the bottom.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Save the date! The 2026 NSF NGF Community Science Conference will take place virtually over four days: May 26 & 28, and June 2 & 4, 2026. We hope you'll join in to share new research, connect with colleagues, and discuss what the NSF NGF can offer the Earth science community.
https://loom.ly/Znfz2qA
2026 NSF NGF Community Science Conference 'save the date' banner, with a photo of an Alaskan GPS station with a red helicopter in the background
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.6 earthquake offshore Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.

➡️ https://loom.ly/h6A7QMg
Teachable Moment slide comparing the population density of Japan to the seismic hazard of Japan
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture in Japan, prompting tsunami advisories for parts of Honshu and Hokkaido. Japan lies in a tectonically complex area at the intersection of four tectonic plates, making it a highly seismically active area.
Map of Japan showing tectonic plates and thousands of earthquakes colored by depth. A star marks a magnitude 7.6 earthquake off the western coast of Honshu along the boundary between the Pacific and Okhotsk plates. Plate labels include the Eurasian, Okhotsk, Pacific, and Philippine Sea plates, with plate boundaries shown in colored lines.
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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We'll be at #AGU25 in New Orleans next week! Stop by the NSF National Geophysical Facility booth (1115) in the exhibit hall to chat with EarthScope staff, learn more about facility offerings, and take home some geophysical goodies!

Our full AGU schedule ➡️ https://loom.ly/zTaOTyw
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December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Another #FieldworkFriday from down on the ice! Our McMurdo Polar team wrapped up a chilly week in Antarctica installing new geodetic, seismic, and nodal array stations.

📷 Sam Jannke/EarthScope
Three field team members installing instruments on an icy slope, with one person roped for safety near a small crevasse. Field team member standing on the ice holding a powered auger, with snowmobiles and mountains in the background under clear Antarctic skies. A raised geodetic station mounted on stilts with flag markers, positioned on the snowy ice shelf with distant mountains on the horizon. A small solar-powered orange seismic station with red flag markers set on flat snow-covered ground.
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The Earth is constantly being whispered to by natural signals, tiny electric and magnetic waves. By studying how these signals move, magnetotellurics helps scientists see underground. Metal-rich rocks or hot water let the signals flow easily. Dry, solid, or dense rock blocks or slows them.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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EarthScope’s Common Sensor Platform (CSP) Station Builder is an interactive, web-based resource that helps users plan both permanent and temporary deployment station configurations.

⬇️ Read more in this CSP update
https://loom.ly/E6KqUrQ
Screenshot of the EarthScope Station Builder interface showing selected sensors, communication, batteries, and solar components on the left and power-related requirements on the right. Below, four icons illustrate the workflow: choose sensors and telemetry, compute power needs, select solar and batteries, and check station uptime.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Seismic Monitor provides a map of the latest earthquakes in near-real time. Earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater are shown as colored circles, where the size of the circle tells you the magnitude of the quake, and the color indicates the age of the earthquake.

➡️ https://loom.ly/erZOIaM
Seismic Monitor interface showing world map with plate boundaries outlined, and recent earthquakes in circles where the size of the circle tells you the magnitude of the quake, and the color indicates the age of the earthquake.
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Monitoring crustal deformation: sometimes in the lithosphere, sometimes on your pie plate.

🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
Graphic with the text ‘I like my crust deformed’ above illustrations of a slice of pumpkin pie and a whole pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream. A small GPS antenna sits on the whole pie. The background is a shaded-relief map, and the EarthScope Consortium logo appears at the bottom.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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For two decades, GPS station P056 in Porterville, California has been steadily tracking the ground moving down. Since its installation, the ground has subsided over 3.5 feet. Located in central California’s San Joaquin Valley, P056 records subsidence driven by long-term groundwater overpumping.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We invite our community to read a summary of our proposal for the NSF National Geophysical Facility (NGF). The summary provides a broad overview of the scope included in the new facility.

➡️ NSF NGF proposal summary: https://loom.ly/OZaj1hs
Logo for the NSF National Geophysical Facility, operated by EarthScope and the text ‘Est. 2025’ on a background of overlapping colored shapes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM