EarthScope Consortium Newsletter - August 2023

[Scott Johnson]

Summer is internship season All four of our summer internship programs have been running since late May. That includes a total of 32 interns this year! Some interns have been spending the summer in one of two locations—Boulder, CO and Socorro, NM—while others worked remotely. Interns in the Student Career Internship Program have worked with EarthScope staff, while students in the Geo-Launchpad, URISE, and RESESS programs have worked on research projects with mentors at other institutions. If you attend the GSA or AGU conferences later this year, you may see them presenting posters on their work or spending time at the EarthScope booth... Meet the interns Our Science Communication Interns have written profiles of interns from all our programs, which you can read in our News & Features section! CHECK IT OUT Meet the CEO The EarthScope Consortium Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Rebecca Bendick as the first CEO of EarthScope Consortium. Dr. Bendick has served as the interim CEO and was previously the president of UNAVCO. READ MORE The importance of citations A survey analysis published in Seismological Research Letters found that the Global Seismographic Network is not consistently acknowledged in scientific literature and is underrepresented by roughly a factor of 3 in citation searches. Help ensure that publication metrics support continued network funding! READ MORE Mapping Greenland firn with DAS Researchers interested in determining the depth of the firn layer within a glacier might spend six hours drilling, extracting, and analyzing a core in frigid temperatures. A recent study applied Distributed Acoustic Sensing to map firn, instead—using the landing of a C-130 airplane as an active source. READ MORE Short course Applications are open for the Multi-GNSS precise point positioning and PRIDE PPP-AR short course! You can find past and upcoming webinars, short courses, and other events on the Calendar page of our website. CHECK IT OUT https://www.earthscope.org/