Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking ... | |
Pioneering landscape-scale research releases first findings 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The May issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research presents the preliminary findings of 23 scientists involved in one of the first landscape-scale experiments on how forest management affects western Ponderosa ... | |
 Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists ... | |
 Studies confirm greenhouse mechanisms even further into past May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores now provide a reasonable view of greenhouse gas concentrations as much as 800,000 years into the past, and are further confirming the link ... | |
 Warming climate is changing life on global scale, says new study May 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. The ... | |
 Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust. | |
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics May 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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A new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place. | |
 Eruptions subside at Sicily's Mount Etna May 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The eruptions that have shaken the Mount Etna volcano on the southern Italian island of Sicily have subsided, experts said Sunday at the Palermo Geophysics and Volcanology Institute. | |
 Sahara made slow transition from green to desert: study May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green, according to a new study which clashes with the theory that desertification came abruptly. | |
 Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring ... | |
Another Olympic contest -- weather forecasting May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Meteorologists may not always feel appreciated, but at the Beijing Olympics at least they will have their own contest. | |
 Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether ... | |
 Chilean volcano captured blasting ash May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. | |
Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data May 07, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news. | |
 Chile's Chaiten volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much ... | |
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