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News Release 09-196
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee Offers New Vision for the Geosciences
Releases report: "GEO Vision: Unraveling Earth's Complexities through the Geosciences"
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NSF's Advisory Committee for Geosciences has released a new report: GEO Vision.
Credit: NSF Advisory Committee for Geosciences
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Geoscientists recently mapped Earth's global electrical conductivity in 3-D for the first time.
Credit: Anna Kelbert
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Newly uncovered interactions between the Sun and the Earth affect our climate.
Credit: UCAR
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Increased desert dust blowing in the wind is altering mountain ecosystems.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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Geoscientists are using instruments like the Doppler-on-Wheels to study tornado formation.
Credit: Josh Wurman, CSWR
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Ancient fossil leaves tell a story of sudden loss of biodiversity that may have current parallels.
Credit: John Weinstein, The Field Museum
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An aerial view of Long Island shows its low-lying shores, vulnerable to rising sea-levels.
Credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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The history of glaciers in Peru and around the world is under study by geoscientists.
Credit: Joe Licciardi
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The hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus may be tethered or untethered to a mother ship.
Credit: WHOI
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Jellyfish and other small sea creatures drive large-scale mixing in the oceans.
Credit: John Dabiri, Caltech
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This artist's rendering shows the solar wind as it streaks by Earth.
Credit: NASA
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The locations of the new Ocean Observatories Initiative are shown in this graphic.
Credit: Center for Environmental Visualization, University of Washington
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NSF EarthScope scientists have installed seismic stations across the continent.
Credit: EarthScope
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