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UNAVCO Strategic Plan 2009-2013

UNAVCO Strategic Plan 2009-2013

January 27, 2008

UNAVCO has released a new Strategic Plan, a document that will guide the organization’s activities over the next five years. The Strategic Plan offers a new mission statement for the organization: UNAVCO, a non-profit membership-governed consortium, facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy. The plan also presents seven strategies that will position UNAVCO to advance geoscience research and education....
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LARISSA 2009

March-April 2009

LARISSA: Larsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica is a National Science Foundation funded initiative that brings an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications, the abrupt environmental change in Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf System.
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New Plate Boundary Observatory Brochure Released

New PBO Brochure Released

May 11, 2009

A new brochure titled “Plate Boundary Observatory: the first five years” was released in late April. The new brochure showcases successes from the recently completed construction phase of PBO and highlights the latest science results from researchers who have utilized PBO network data in a variety of projects. An explanation of current and planned education and outreach activities that incorporate data from the PBO network is also included.
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New Game Incorporates EarthScope Science: Volcano Island

New Game Incorporates EarthScope Science: Volcano Island

December 1, 2008

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (HSCA), supported by the National Science Foundation, has developed an interactive game, Volcano Island, aimed at middle school students to teach about EarthScope-related science. One of the developers of the game, Emma Hill, is a member of the UNAVCO Education and Outreach Advisory Committee.
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UNAVCO Polar Support Offers Scientists a New Look at Glaciology

UNAVCO Polar Support Offers Scientists a New Look at Glaciology

March 31, 2009

New advances in understanding the dynamics of ice sheets in the most remote polar regions of the world have been made possible by technological advances in GPS systems. Eight new GPS stations, designed and built by UNAVCO as a result of the 3 year NSF funded Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Project Collaborative Research: Development of a Power and Communication System for Remote Autonomous GPS and Seismic Stations in Antarctica, were recently deployed on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Plateau as part of 5 high-profile glaciological research projects.
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