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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 Consortium @earthscope.org · 51m
Yesterday afternoon at ~2:05 pm PDT, the Seattle area was shaken up by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. But this isn't unusual at all! Learn about the three types of earthquakes that can occur in the PNW region ➡️ loom.ly/WBQvUo0
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 29/09/2026
A new aftershock catalog reveals how machine-learning can facilitate our understanding of tectonically complex environments — and where it struggles. Read the story ➡️ loom.ly/AfWG34A
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Scientists look to Mexico earthquake to see how well pretrained machine-learning methods perform | National Geophysical Facility
New aftershock catalog from 2017 M 8.2 earthquake reveals how machine-learning can facilitate our understanding of tectonically complex environments.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 28/09/2026
Our team continues to grow! EarthScope is hiring a GeoWorkforce Associate I (remote, U.S.) to assist our workforce development activities in the geosciences. Learn more & apply ➡️ loom.ly/ndNPGtA
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 25/09/2026
Happy #fieldworkfriday! EarthScope engineers ventured out to Yellowstone National Park to service monitoring stations around the park.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/09/2026
Our community’s access to the Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) is now being released as open source software as the SAC Community Edition. Learn more ➡️ loom.ly/ciqLSoQ
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/09/2026
We have new UAS capabilities! In replacing our drones for structure from motion imaging, we found an opportunity to add lidar and multispectral instruments. Details ➡️ loom.ly/YDYeplw
Photo of a drone on the ground, with a GPS station and mountains in the background.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/09/2026
Want to run a Jupyter notebook in our cloud compute hub from the comfort of your local VS Code window? Here's how to quickly connect to the GeoLab kernel. 👉 loom.ly/B7IPynw
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 23/09/2026
Using a fiber optic cable and Distributed Acoustic Sensing, researchers were able to see where the pattern of raindrops hitting the ground turned into runoff flow, offering a potential way to monitor flash flooding. Read the story ➡️ loom.ly/-h-28zA
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From rain to rills, DAS detects prerequisite to southwest U.S. flash floods | National Geophysical Facility
Data showed when the patter of rain transforms changed to a rush of water coursing down a rill.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 21/09/2026
Join the EarthScope team! We're hiring a Staff Accountant II - Generalist (remote, US) to support day-to-day accounting operations, maintain accurate financial records, and assist employees and vendors with routine financial matters. Learn more & apply ➡️ earthscope.org/careers/
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 21/09/2026
Part of our seismic data archive is now available directly from AWS at no cost to the user (or to us), no limitation on the user’s location, and with no account-based permissions or authentication required. Details ➡️ loom.ly/zEDn9uA
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NSF NGF data are now part of the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program | National Geophysical Facility
The program covers costs associated with storage and access for high-value public datasets.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 17/09/2026
Two web applications for visualizing seismic data quality metrics (MUSTANG Databrowser and MUSTANGular) have moved to new URLs—please update your bookmarks. Details ➡️ loom.ly/RcEJaGw
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 16/09/2026
We asked the MsPASS team to share what has changed since the course first came to GeoLab in 2024 and what those changes have made possible for teaching and seismic data workflows. Here's what they had to say: loom.ly/jH8UVk4
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MsPASS course's third run in GeoLab underlines development | National Geophysical Facility
In 2024, Massively Parallel Analysis System for Seismologists (MsPASS) became the first technical course hosted in the GeoLab environment.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 14/09/2026
EarthScope Consortium, the operator of the NSF National Geophysical Facility (NGF), is excited to announce the launch of a new NSF NGF website! Visit our new website now ➡️ ngf.earthscope.org
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Home | National Geophysical Facility
National Geophysical Facility: explore geophysical data, request equipment and field support, and find training in geophysics.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 10/09/2026
One of the major benefits of migrating our data archives to a cloud-native architecture is that we can offer new ways to interact with data. Here's a cool example using our SDK—including a notebook you can run for yourself. Details ➡️ loom.ly/a3DbBk0
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From RINEX files to cloud-native data access: GNSS reflectometry with our SDK | EarthScope Consortium
Our Software Development Kit offers users ways to leverage our cloud-native data archive architecture.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 09/09/2026
The Yakutat microplate is crammed in Alaska's tectonic armpit. Using earthquakes to image it, a recent study showed that this microplate is larger than we thought. Read the story ➡️ loom.ly/kOOje2Q
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Thousands of tiny temblors illuminate the Yakutat microplate’s easternmost edge | EarthScope Consortium
Alaska's subduction zone is congested, but earthquakes can help us see what's going on with the Yakutat microplate.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 04/09/2026
Web services are moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition: irisws-virtualnetwork, and irisws-evalresp. Read the full announcement ➡️ loom.ly/HVibwks
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 03/09/2026
EarthScope is shifting to the cloud for ds.iris.edu website content & applications.   You may experience disruption to service, such as an application being down or a web page being unavailable. This is temporary. If you experience any difficulties, please reach out to us at help@earthscope.org.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 03/09/2026
Imagine you could observe a hurricane as it makes landfall by using the same methods as seismologists — by listening to waves rippling through the environment around you. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/gkfBEbY
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Giving new life to old data: 2010s seismic data reveal striking evidence of a hurricane’s landfall | EarthScope Consortium
The Transportable Array, a massive project to seismically map North America, was equipped with all the right tools to measure earthquakes — and surprisingly — hurricanes.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 03/09/2026
Our irisws-metadatachange web service, the primary source of historical changes made to SEED metadata records, is moving as part of our cloud transition. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/NVbyoSQ
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 02/09/2026
Last week, Dr. Cassie Hanagan shared her work using satellite optical geodesy to identify instances of onshore surface deformation from the June Venezuela earthquake doublet. Watch the recording here ➡️ loom.ly/kdRQNjM
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2026 Venezuela Earthquakes: Insights from Satellite Optical Geodesy
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 28/08/2026
Our partners at the Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH) have put together an ArcStoryMap detailing the Trishuli floods. Learn more here ➡️ loom.ly/km2uiu0
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August 2026 Nepal Trishuli Flood
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 27/08/2026
Reminder! We're hiring for an Engineer II - Polar position. If you have experience managing multiple geophysical and network field projects of varying complexity across different locations, including polar latitudes, this might be the job for you. Learn more and apply ➡️ loom.ly/A_rKSEw
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 26/08/2026
EarthScope Data Services is migrating NSF's NGF Seismology data products to the AWS cloud. This migration consolidates our data products and product repositories under a single, uniform interface, eliminating the need to navigate between multiple legacy sites. Learn more ➡️ loom.ly/pNjchXU
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Migration of NSF's NGF Seismology Data Products to the Cloud | EarthScope Consortium
EarthScope Data Services is migrating NSF's NGF Seismology data products to the AWS cloud as part of our strategic initiative to modernize the data and metadata access capabilities of NSF's National Geophysical Facility (NSF NGF) in the cloud.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 26/08/2026
Learn how to create publication-quality maps and visualize geophysical data with the new Introduction to Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) for Geophysics self-paced course. Learn more & enroll ➡️ loom.ly/G-J1j0Q
GMT map of Japan with earthquakes plotted as circles colored by depth, with blue being shallow and red being deeper.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 25/08/2026
The PH5 web service tools and the Seattle-based PH5 archiving systems will be decommissioned on September 1, 2026, while the PH5 datasets are being transformed and migrated to the NSF NGF SEED archive. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/HzIxjBs
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 25/08/2026
Cloud Foundations has been updated! This course introduces concepts and skills needed to work effectively in GeoLab. The revised course will set you up to use a new set of instructional notebooks focused on accessing, exploring, and analyzing data. Check it out: loom.ly/VcYMLPg
Screenshot of Moodle course showing a quiz question about what to do when you see a warning that you are running low on available memory in GeoLab.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 25/08/2026
Both irisws-resp and irisws-sacpz are now integrated into the new FDSN station service. As a result, we are retiring these features as independent services. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/a4TMcEA
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/08/2026
Reminder: the irisws-timeseries web service and its associated microservices will be retired this week. www.earthscope.org/news/retirem...
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Retirement of the irisws-timeseries web service | EarthScope Consortium
EarthScope Data Services will be retiring the irisws-timeseries web service and its associated microservices as part of our strategic initiative to refine the NSF National Geophysical Facility's portf...
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/08/2026
Whales are among Earth’s most intelligent and fascinating creatures—and are increasingly imperiled by human activity. These threatened giants create seismic and acoustic signals, allowing scientists to explore existing data in innovative ways. Read the story: loom.ly/ZSkKwXM
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To better understand whales, geophysicists explore old data in new ways | EarthScope Consortium
New research expands the limits of traditional bioacoustic monitoring by finding whale signals in unexpected places.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 24/08/2026
Legacy web services irisws-traveltime and irisws-distaz that offer seismic travel-time and distance-azimuth calculations will soon be retired. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/1UYiQWE
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 21/08/2026
Starting August 25, 2026, network operators will have a new way to submit StationXML metadata to the EarthScope-operated NSF National Geophysical Facility. This approach uses a new Dropoff System now currently in use for miniSEED submission. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/SjlbObk
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 20/08/2026
Detecting flash floods while they’re still trickles is essential for early warning of the growing threat. A new study uses NSF NGF instruments and facilities to demonstrate how Distributed Acoustic Sensing can pick up signals from these initial flows. Read it here: doi.org/10.1785/0220260087
A five-panel comic explaining the importance of understanding when overland flow starts and how DAS can be used to detect this transition. The comic features a conversation between an anthropomorphized DAS instrument, cloud, and raindrops.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 20/08/2026
A necessary scheduled maintenance window to upgrade capabilities of deployed seismic services in the NSF NGF cloud system will result in a short service disruption on Tuesday, August 25. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/vSjczoY
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 18/08/2026
Data Services announcement: The irisws-syngine, irisws-fedcatalog, and irisws-nrl web services are moving as part of our cloud transition. Details ➡️ loom.ly/dpTmdoI
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The irisws-syngine, irisws-fedcatalog, and irisws-nrl web services are moving | EarthScope Consortium
These web services are moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 15/08/2026
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Flores region of Indonesia early on August 15, local time. Indonesia is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where a large number of powerful earthquakes occur due to subducting tectonic plates. Learn more & access event data ➡️ loom.ly/VhAsJUY
 Map of Indonesia and surrounding region showing the August 15 magnitude 7.7 earthquake epicenter (star), nearby tectonic plate boundaries, and earthquake locations colored by depth from shallow (purple) to deep (red).Map of Indonesia and the surrounding region showing the August 15 magnitude 7.7 earthquake epicenter (red star), tectonic plate boundaries, and GPS velocity vectors illustrating crustal motion across the region relative to the Pacific Plate.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 14/08/2026
GeoLab, our cloud compute JupyterHub, enables you to work directly with the cloud data archive, making it faster and easier to work with data. We have onboarding resources (constantly growing!) to get you rolling and a community forum to trade data workflow tips. loom.ly/VNay9xU
Illustration of a Jupyter notebook.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 12/08/2026
Sandwiched between glaciers and the underlying bedrock, a layer of sediment can make it easier for glaciers to slide. A new study uses NSF NGF seismic data to explore these hidden “interface zones” under the threatened Antarctic Ice Sheet. Read about the research: loom.ly/Y53zzSE
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Listening to seismic noise reveals slippery sediments beneath Antarctic glaciers | EarthScope Consortium
New research uses the ocean's seismic background noise to map interface zones between glaciers and bedrock.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 12/08/2026
Less than a month after we opened GeoLab, it supported 98 participants in a @cascadiaeqs.bsky.social "Strain Accumulation and Release from GNSS" short course. Here's a peek at what they learned and why GeoLab made it easy: loom.ly/vyY9fco
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GeoLab hosts CRESCENT short course on strain accumulation from GNSS | EarthScope Consortium
Less than a month after we opened GeoLab to all users, the platform supported 98 participants in a three-day virtual technical short course hosted by the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 11/08/2026
Did you know that earthquakes might be the key to sustaining Yellowstone's vibrant microbe community? 🦠 🌋 Read all about it in EarthScope Sci Comm Intern Kat Plaza's Caldera Chronicles article ➡️ loom.ly/e2FapJI
An electron-microscope image of a microbe (Bacillus infernus) found 2,700 meters (8,860 feet) underground in Virginia. From Boone et al., 1995.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 11/08/2026
This animation shows the waves from the August 10 magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia ripple across seismic stations in North and South America. Learn more about this event ➡️ loom.ly/6rGCOuc
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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
⚒️ 🧪 A deadly M7.4 earthquake just struck Colombia, causing strong shaking and collapsing buildings. The death count - now at 69 - has been increasing with passing hours. We look at the tectonics responsible for this event. earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/deadly-m74...
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Deadly M7.4 earthquake strikes beneath Colombia
Deep strike-slip event within a subducting slab
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 10/08/2026
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia today, August 10. Along the west coast of South America, the Nazca Plate subducts beneath the South American Plate. Today’s earthquake occurred at an intermediate depth of 110 km. Learn more & access event data ➡️ loom.ly/6rGCOuc
Map of northwestern South America and Central America showing earthquake locations colored by depth. A star marks the Aug. 10 magnitude 7.4 earthquake in western Colombia, near the boundary between the Nazca and South American plates.Map of northwestern South America and Central America showing GPS motion relative to the South American Plate. White arrows indicate the direction and rate of crustal motion, with a star marking the Aug. 10 earthquake in western Colombia.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 07/08/2026
Happy #fieldworkfriday! EarthScope engineers installed DAS instruments at LIGO, an observatory for gravitational waves — the cosmic whispers of black holes. 📷: Gizem Karslioglu/EarthScope Consortium Read more about the fusion of geophysics & astrophysics here ➡️ loom.ly/HdisPj8
An engineer with a sledgehammer in mid-motion.A LIGO detector arm, which looks like a concrete cylinder, stretches into the distance. A gravel road is to the right of it. A personal is next to the detector with boxes and equipment.Inside the LIGO lab facility. Scientific instruments and machinery are shown in a white lab room.A panel of colorful computer screens mounted to the wall, with several desks and a couch below, make up the LIGO control room and show a group of people meeting.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 07/08/2026
Our mars-event web service, a primary source of computed seismic event solutions recorded on Mars (courtesy of ETH, Zurich), is moving as part of our cloud transition. Read more ➡️ loom.ly/Cwx5_NA
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 06/08/2026
Beneath the ice, there are unique V-shaped basins radiating from the center of Antarctica. They could be remnants of of an interesting process in the continent's deep geologic history. Read about it ➡️ loom.ly/dN5Z8c4
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Pie-shaped piece of Antarctica the size of a small continent reveals rotational extensional tectonics | EarthScope Consortium
V-shaped topographic basins radiating from central Antarctica could be remnants of of the continent's deep geologic history.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 06/08/2026
Our timeseriesplot web service, the primary source of graphical representations of channel level seismic data, is moving as part of our cloud transition. Details ➡️ loom.ly/mnoEKZM
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The irisws-timeseriesplot web service is moving | EarthScope Consortium
Our timeseriesplot web service, the primary source of graphical representations of channel level seismic data, is moving as part of our cloud transition.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 05/08/2026
We're retiring EarthScope’s on-premises seismic archiving system. This is one of the final steps in a multi-year effort to move EarthScope’s seismic data archiving — nearly 40 years’ worth, hosted at the University of Washington — into the AWS cloud. Full details ➡️ loom.ly/ruMsBQ4
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 05/08/2026
We have several new options for increased compute resources in GeoLab, our cloud notebook environment, including scalable compute quota caps for intensive workflows, access to GPUs and larger server sizes, and access to a Dask gateway. Details ➡️ loom.ly/iPCvi2A
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Increased resource availability in GeoLab  | EarthScope Consortium
Introducing scalable compute quota caps for intensive workflows, access to GPUs and larger server sizes, and access to a Dask gateway.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 05/08/2026
UPCOMING WEBINAR 2026 Venezuela Earthquakes: Insights from Satellite Optical Geodesy Presenter: Dr. Cassie Hanagan (USGS Earthquake Science Center) Register to attend ➡️ loom.ly/U3E3l9o
EarthScope webinar graphic titled “2026 Venezuela Earthquakes: Insights from Satellite Optical Geodesy,” featuring speaker Dr. Cassie Hanagan (USGS), scheduled for Thursday, August 27 at 12 pm MT, with her headshot displayed.
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 04/08/2026
We're hiring for an Engineer II - Polar position! If you have experience managing multiple geophysical and network field projects of varying complexity across different locations, including polar latitudes, this might be the job for you. Learn more and apply ➡️ loom.ly/A_rKSEw
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