At the successful conclusion of our 18-year long effort to systematically map the electrical conductivity of the conterminous USA crust and upper mantle (the "US MTArray" Project), a number of press releases and interviews followed. Here are links to this content.

Press Releases

OSU Press Release https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-researchers-complete-electrical-mapping-project-critical-protecting-us-power-grid

WeChat Press Release in Mandarin Chinese: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Pz-94EDU11tym8pVt9--xQ

US Geological Survey Press Release: https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/recently-completed-geophysical-survey-will-help-protect-critical

Earthscope Consortium Press Release: https://www.earthscope.org/news/after-18-years-magnetotelluric-array-completes-survey-of-contiguous-us/

 

Interviews

08/14/2024 KPTV Portland, Oregon: Protecting the electrical grid from EMP attacks, solar storms by mapping

08/20/2024 KLCC Public Radio, Eugene, Oregon: OSU researchers map the deep underbelly of the USA

08/20/2024 Jefferson Public Radio, Oregon: Why OSU scientists made a national map of Earth's electrical properties

08/21/2024 OPB Oregon Public Radio "Think Out Loudd", Portland, Oregon: OSU researchers complete map of Earth’s subsurface using electromagnetic energy

10/15/2024 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Podcast Series Episode 238: Unveiling the Earth’s Secrets – The Completion of the U.S. Magnetotelluric Array: https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-238-unveiling-the-earths-secrets-the-completion-of-the-u-s-magnetotelluric-array/