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Scientists may have discovered a new ally in efforts to keep coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest safe from future tsunamis, according to a new study: Fleets of commercial shipping vessels.
The research taps into an urgent need for communities like Newport, Oregon, a seaside town that is home to more than 10,000 people. If a tsunami formed along a fault line in the Pacific called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, residents there might have just minutes to get to safety, said study coauthor Anne Sheehan. A tsunami can take 20 or 30 minutes to reach the coastline, so the time is very short, said Sheehan, a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Researchers from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder are diving into the dusty environment that surrounds the sun a search that could help to reveal how planets like Earth come into being.
The pursuit comes by way of NASA s Parker Solar Probe, a pioneering mission that has taken scientists closer to Earth s home star than any spacecraft to date. Over two years, the probe has circled the sun six times, hitting maximum speeds of roughly 290,000 miles per hour.
In the process, the Parker team has learned a lot about the microscopic grains of dust that lie just beyond the sun s atmosphere, said David Malaspina, a space plasma physicist at LASP. In new research, for example, he and his colleagues discovered that the densities of these bits of rock and ice seem to vary wildly over the span of months not something scientists were expecting.
. scientific career began during his childhood in Lynchburg, Va., when he created a fantastic explosion in his living room with an at-home chemistry set. Little did Melvin or his family know that he would become a NASA astronaut, flying two missions to the International Space Station.
In this special episode of AGU’s podcast
Third Pod from the Sun, Melvin recounts his circuitous journey from scientist to National Football League wide receiver to astronaut. His inspirational story of overcoming odds, injuries, and setbacks shows how anyone can achieve the impossible with enough determination and discipline.
This episode was produced by Lauren Lipuma and Shane Hanlon and mixed by Lauren Lipuma.