Greenland is shifting centimeters northwest each year, shows new research led by Danjal Longfors Berg (right). The island’s size also changes due to bedrock stretching and compression. (Photo: DTU Space)

Greenland is twisting and stretching, GNSS data shows

October 17, 2025

Greenland is being twisted, compressed and stretched, according to researchers in the Department of Space Research and Space […]

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This article is tagged with climate change, DTU Space, GNSS stations, Greenland and posted in Latest News, Survey

A temporary GNSS monitoring site in the Kīlauea caldera was part of the rapid response to the December 2020 Halema‘uma‘u eruption. The site will be upgraded into a continuously operating reference station with state-of-the-art instrumentation and a hardened antenna mast. (Photo: USGS/A.P Ellis)

USGS upgrading Hawaiian geodetic network to monitor volcanoes

August 26, 2022

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) of the U.S. Geological Survey has been working to rebuild its geodesic monitoring […]

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This article is tagged with emergency monitoring, geodetic network, GNSS stations, ground deformation, Island of Hawai'i, Kīlauea eruption, tiltmeters, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, volcanic eruption and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Space & Earth