Tools of the Trade

Hang Chen discusses how time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography is used to monitor variations in subsurface water storage.

Ileana Callejas discusses how remote sensing can be used to monitor water quality in coastal regions,including tracking sewage plumes, algal blooms and oil spills.

Sofía Barragán-Montilla describes how microfossils of benthic foraminifera are used to understand the deep ocean.

Rocío Vargas Soto discusses how hyperspectral imaging can be used to identify mineral resources.

Andressa Nauter-Alves describes how analyzing mercury sediments is informative of volcanic activities in geological time.

Charles Addey describes the measurements of ocean biogeochemical parameters by autonomous profiling floats.

Bumsoo Kim explains how lipid biomarkers in the sedimentary record can be used to trace gas hydrate destabilization and methane-release events in the geological past.

Nemi Walding explains how flume experiments are used to identify the fluid dynamic parameters of pyroclastic density currents.

Nan Wu discusses how DNA analysis of the plastisphere can be used to trace and track microplastics.

Kyle Manley describes how social media information provides insight into ecosystem service demand.

Joeri Reinders explains how geomorphic and sedimentary evidence from river channels can extend flood records beyond the instrumental period.

Kimberley Marshall-Mills explains the use of electron backscatter diffraction in resolving (sub-)microscale structures in clam shells.

Sam Woor discusses how optically stimulated luminescence dating is used to date the relics of ancient landscapes

Andrea Stoellner explains how differential mobility particle sizing (DMPS) can help identify the sources of airborne plastic particles.

Albert Larson describes the use of neural networks to enhance the resolution of satellite data and provide a more detailed understanding of water cycling.

Vanessa Sun describes the use of sensors linked to a low-cost computer in air quality monitoring.

Kristian Chan describes how airborne ice-penetrating radar can be used to map ice layers.

Caleb Walcott explains how geographic information systems (GIS) are used to reconstruct past glacier surfaces, which in turn can be used as a paleoclimate proxy.

Ryan Glaubke describes the use of fossil foraminiferal Mg/Ca as an ocean paleothermometer.