IRIS Statement on Racism in Geoscience

We at IRIS join our colleagues from across the country and around the globe in unequivocally denouncing racism. BLACK LIVES MATTER. We also know that racism is persistent in STEM and that there are systemic inequalities in academia and particularly in the geosciences. Continue Reading

Release of the new IRIS mars-event Service for Accessing the Seismic Event Catalog from the InSight Mission to Mars

We are proud to announce the release of the mars-event web service, an implementation of the FDSN-event specification adapted for Martian seismic events known as marsquakes. Continue Reading

World Series of Earthquakes

IRIS's World Series addresses regional tectonic forces and resulting recent and historic earthquakes around the world (ex. Japan, Alaska, Peru-Chile, Central America, Mexico, Pacific Northwest). Continue Reading

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

UNAVCO and IRIS Joining Forces for Advancing Geophysics Apr 20
IRIS Celebrates Its 37th Anniversary May 8
Alaska Transportable Array Enters Final Phase May 3
IRIS Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Working Group Seeks Community Feedback Apr 22

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 10-14 WORKSHOP: 2021 Alaska EarthScope and Beyond
Virtual
May 31-
Aug 20 		Seismology Skill Building Workshop for Undergraduates
Virtual (Virtual,)
Jun 8 IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lectureship Series
Houston Museum of Natural Science Virtual Event
Aug 17-19 GAGE/SAGE 2021 Science Workshop
Virtual
Earthquake Resources

Seismic Monitor

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New Video Series - WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE

The 1st video in this series honors the life and work of geochronologist and science writer Dr. Alka Tripathy-Lang.

NEW ANIMATION! - Japan Earthquake—10th Anniversary—Lessons Learned

It has been 10 years since the magnitude 9.1 earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Japan, on March 11, 2011. This animation describes the earthquake and tsunami as well as the lessons learned from this disaster.

SCIENCE AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Fin Whale songs illuminate oceanic crustal layers

Fin Whale songs illuminate oceanic crustal layers

 Scientists use the songs of fin whales to image different layers of oceanic crust by examining how the songs’ acoustic waves bounce and bend at crustal structures off the Pacific Northwest coast.
A brief history of the very first broadband seismic station

A brief history of the very first broadband seismic station

 The advent of a seismometer that could measure a broad range of frequencies changed seismology forever. This is the origin story of that instrument.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Scientists Plumb the Depths of the World’s Tallest Geyser

Scientists Plumb the Depths of the World’s Tallest Geyser

 University of Utah researchers developed an image of the subsurface below Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser to learn more about its plumbing structure and what controls a geyser from erupting regularly, like Old Faithful, versus irregularly, like Steamboat.
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