Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China May 16, 2008 | 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
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. | |
Pioneering landscape-scale research releases first findings May 16, 2008 | 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 ... | |
 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. | |
 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. | |
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