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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 ...

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Efficiently reading large miniSEED data sets using ObsPy

In this How-To article, we will demonstrate how you can use the ObsPy Python framework to catalog large data sets and efficiently access subsets for g...

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John Taber, IRIS Director of Education and Public Outreach, Announces Retirement
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WORKSHOP: Managing Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data
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Science highlights

Scientists spy salty groundwater system beneath Antarctic ice stream

Scientists spy salty groundwater system beneath Antarctic ice stream

 Fast moving ice streams enable Antarctica's ice sheets to flow outward toward its coasts. A new study using seismic and magnetotelluric data found great quantities of salty groundwater extending more ...
Global seismographic networks part II: A slew of studies

Global seismographic networks part II: A slew of studies

 One of the most commonly known uses of global seismograph networks is the near-instantaneous global monitoring of earthquakes and other phenomena that can shake the ground, but these instruments have...
Major 2020 Alaska Quake Triggered Neighboring 2021 Temblor

Major 2020 Alaska Quake Triggered Neighboring 2021 Temblor

 A study led by researchers at Michigan State University and University of Alaska Fairbanks shows a connection between two earthquakes in 2020 and 2021 in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula.
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