April 28 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM       Register NOW!

NSTA Anaheim Recap with NESTA       
Presenters: NESTA Leadership

Didn't have the opportunity to go to NSTA, Anaheim?... You're in luck! This month NESTA will revisit some NSTA highlights during our April Earth and Space Education Hour webinar. This is a perfect opportunity to connect!  We'll share highlights and resources from select presentations and posters that were conducted by NESTA leadership.  Revisit NESTA's NSTA Pathway Series highlighting innovative ways to incorporate Earth Science concepts and standards in your physical science classroom.  Learn about important educational resources and opportunities from the Vera Rubin Observatory as well as information about our next NESTA Planet Stewards round of funding (up to $5000!) to support hands-on, action-based stewardship projects! 

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May 21 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM       Register Now!

Scientist Talk: The Many Languages of Magma       
Presenter: Dr. Samantha Tramontano

Our earth is a vessel that is constantly recycling heat and material. As humans, we can interpret the many signals that moving hot rock sends to the surface to better understand the earth and our relationship with it. Honing our ability to detect changes in rising magmas is paramount for volcano monitoring efforts because the magnitudes and timescales of changes in magma properties (i.e. how bubbly or viscous they are) have been linked to modulating eruption explosivity and duration. Recently active ocean island rift-zone systems, such as Kīlauea (Hawaiʻi), Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands), Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island), and Reykjanes (Iceland), are excellent natural labs to investigate the links between the physical properties of magma and surface monitoring signals, or languages (melt chemistry, seismic tremor, gas fluxing, etc.). For this NESTA webinar, new volcanological research is shared that contributes to our understanding of how we may “hear” changes in magma properties that take place in the upper crust preceding months-long eruptions. This webinar discussion will also draw parallels between scientific and artistic languages of understanding volcanic processes with an aim to reflect on the very human experience of listening to our planet’s movements.

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