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Public Input Sought On Virginia's Triple Crown Visitor Use Management Plan For Appalachian Trail

Relatively few thru hikers manage to go end-to-end on the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in one trek. But so many hikers crowd Virginia's Triple Crown segment of the A.T. near Roanoke, Virginia, that the National Park Service is developing a management plan for that section.

This Is What Happens When You Try To Take A Shortcut At Death Valley

Apparently lost while trying to follow GPS directions, two men in a sedan tried to cut across a salt flat in Death Valley National Park, only to strand their car in the flat and land one of the two in a hospital suffering from the heat. The event, back on the Fourth of July, also led to a court appearance for the two for driving off-road and damaging the salt flat.

Monitoring Kīlauea With Ocean Noise

Ocean swells are constantly occurring across the Earth’s oceans. These swells interact with the ocean crust below, creating continuous ocean noise that travels all over the Earth, including through our active volcanoes here in Hawaii. Because ocean noise signals are always being generated, scientists can use these seismic sources to identify small changes occurring in the Earth’s crust over time.

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