SEG News Archive
Explore past announcements, stories, and milestones that showcase SEG’s ongoing impact across the global geoscience community.
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The Surprising Link Between Seismic Activity and Pearls
Researchers have discovered the secret to how pearls form in perfect symmetry, despite forming around asymmetrical debris inside a clam, oyster, or other mollusk. Each seemingly random layer formed around a pearl is actually dependent upon the previous layer, a phenomenon known as pink noise or 1/f noise — the same phenomenon at work in…
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SEG Strategic Options (SO) Task Force Update
The SO Task Force is in place by SEG President Anna Shaughnessy Hello SEG Members, I recently sent a note about establishing an SEG Strategic Options (SO) Task Force. I want to provide an update now that this group is in place and working. The members of the Task Force are: The members of the…
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Letter from SEG President Anna Shaughnessy
Hello SEG members, As your new President, I want to keep the lines of communication open between myself and SEG stakeholders. In response to the SEG Board’s decision to explore all possible strategic options for the future of the Society, I have established an SEG Strategic Options (SO) Task Force. The SO Task force chair…
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SEG 2021 Honors and Awards Recipients Honored During Ceremony
One of SEG’s great traditions is the special recognition of individuals and organizations for their contributions to geophysics and to the Society. The 2021 recipients were honored during a ceremony on 28 September 2021 at the International Meeting for Applied Geophysics (IMAGE). Hosted by Past President John Bradford, the ceremony celebrated the wonderful contributions our…
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Landsat 9 Launched by NASA and USGS
On Monday 27 September, the Landsat 9 satellite was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in southern California. Since 1972, the Landsat mission — a joint effort by NASA and the USGS — has been collecting images of the earth from an orbit approximately 700km above our planet. The data collected thus far on Earth’s…
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Mt. Etna showed signs of pressure buildup in months prior to 2018 eruption
Scientists from the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Italy have presented evidence that Mt. Etna was in an extreme state of overpressurization and was exhibiting signs of degassing in the months prior to erupting on Christmas Eve 2018. Using remote-sensing techniques the group measured gas output of the volcano and identified fluctuations in…
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SEG announces results of 2021–2022 Board of Directors election
Ken Tubman selected as SEG President-elect The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) today announced results of its 2021–2022 Board of Directors election. Ken Tubman was selected by SEG Voting Members to serve as President-elect. Following his one-year term as President-elect, Tubman will assume the office of SEG President following IMAGE ‘22 scheduled for 28 August–2…
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SEAM Artificial Intelligence Project is requesting bids
The SEAM Artificial Intelligence project is releasing two competitive requests for bids (RFBs) on preparation of field and synthetic geophysical data sets for use in applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Bids for tasks described in the RFBs will be due September 30, with project work expected to start in Q4 2021 and continue…
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Matching gift opportunities for GWB
We are excited to inform you about a current matching opportunity to benefit GWB! Two generous donors have recently made contributions through the SEG Foundation to raise additional funding for the current GWB project application award cycle. The intent of these contributions is to match other individual donors’ contributions directed to the GWB Support Fund…
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Einstein Telescope included in Roadmap 2021
European physicists have developed a plan to build a massive gravitational wave observatory, based on a novel triangular subterranean design, in order to sense tiny fleeting ripples in space. Studying these waves will allow researchers to observe massive astrophysical objects such as black holes. The plan for the observatory jumped a giant hurdle last month…
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The North Pole isn’t where it used to be
The earth’s magnetic field has been used since ancient times for navigation, and it continues to serve this important function in modern systems, which help navigate aircraft, submarines, mineral exploration, directional drilling, and location services on smartphones. The study of these fields (geomagnetism) is one of the oldest areas of geophysical research. These magnetic fields…
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Student-led virtual conference winners announced
The top three geophysics abstracts and presentations were recently announced for both the 1st SEG Latin America Virtual Student Conference (10 March) and the 4th SEG Virtual Student Conference (5 May). 1st SEG Latin America Virtual Student Conference 1st place: Raquel Macedo — Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil 2nd place: Thiago Dos Santos — Universidade…
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The Amargosa: A river at risk
The Amargosa River, which runs mostly underground over the course of its 180-mile stretch, is a lifeline for the unique and rare species that exist in the fragile habitats where it surfaces. The river stretches through southern Nevada, the Mojave Desert in southern California and winds into Death Valley, regions subjected to a “megadrought” for…
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SEAM recognizes Life of Field project outstanding volunteer
SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation (SEAM) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) would like to recognize Vincent Artus of Kappa Engineering for outstanding volunteer contributions to the SEAM Life of Field project, the latest effort by the SEAM initiative to further the state of the art in hyper-realistic geophysical simulation. This ambitious project, which finished…
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JEDI Committee seeks members
The SEG Board of Directors recently approved creation of a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and the committee is recruiting members. Pepo Arce, who served on two task forces leading to the JEDI Committee’s creation, has accepted appointment as the committee’s first chair. Estella Atekwana, Eileen Martin, Manika Prasad, and Lillian Flakes, also members…
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The Society of Exploration Geophysicists announces 2021 Honors and Awards recipients
One of SEG’s great traditions is the special recognition of individuals and organizations for their contributions to geophysics and to the Society. The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has announced its 2021 Honors and Awards recipients. Rosemary Knight is the recipient of SEG’s highest honor, the Maurice Ewing Medal, awarded to a person who is…
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AI Applied Geoscience Hackathon results released
Seven teams of geoscientists and data scientists collaborated and competed 22 March–9 April SEG Advanced Modeling project (SEAM) OpenACC Organization, and NVIDIA co-hosted the SEAM AI Applied Geoscience GPU Hackathon from 22 March–9 April. Seven teams of geoscientists and data scientists collaborated and competed in developing solutions for two hard challenges in the use of…
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Record-breaking hole drilled off coast of Japan
On 14 May 2021, a team of scientists dug the deepest ocean hole ever, reaching a depth of nearly five miles below the ocean’s surface. The team of researchers penetrated the surface all the way to the bottom of the Japan trench in the western Pacific Ocean. In addition, researchers extracted a 120-foot sediment core…
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New research offers theory for origin of subduction zone
In 2018, a group of scientists boarded the research vessel Marcus Langseth to study the Puysegur margin. This voyage, part of the South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment, set out to find answers to how subduction zones form. Since subduction zones are by nature destructive, they are difficult to study. The Puysegur margin, a fairly young…
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Mars Shifting Climate Suggested by Dune Fields in Gale Crater
The Perseverance rover on Mars has received much of the focus in recent planetary news. Yet, data from the Curiosity land rover is still being analyzed to help researchers gain insight into the planet’s ancient atmosphere and potential habitability. An international team at Imperial College London recently released a study, which examines the dune fields…