It takes just seconds for tall buildings to collapse during powerful earthquakes. Knowing precisely what's happening in those seconds can help engineers design…
The research, which has important implications for climate change, is described in a paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the…
From mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually…
The paper, “Multiple origins of linear dunes on Earth and Titan,” examines a possible new mechanism for the development of very large linear dunes formed on…
Main sponsors:World Climate Research ProgrammeInternational Geosphere Biosphere ProgrammeMonash UniversityNew research announced at the international Water in…
“Using data from prior geological studies, we have constructed a model for the topography of West Antarctic bedrock at the time of the start of the global…
At 2 a.m. EDT on August 25, Vamco was still enroute to the Alaskan islands headed north-northeast at 38 mph in the north Central Pacific Ocean. He was about…
With a very lucky shot, scientists have captured a one-second image and the electrical fingerprint of huge lightning that flowed 40 miles upward from the top…
The first season of the international drilling project NEEM (North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling) in north-western Greenland was completed at August 20th. A…
Porous media are ubiquitous.The sponge in the kitchen, the lung tissue, the human skin, all of them are porous. They are full of holes like a Swiss cheese and…
What is most notable, the scientists say, is those areas of high conductivity coincide with subduction zones – where tectonic plates are being subducted…
Published in the scientific journal, the Bulletin for the American Meteorological Society, the study shows that investments made now, can lead to as much as…
New research about what triggers earthquakes, authored by Michael Strasser of Bremen University, Germany, with colleagues from the USA, Japan, China, France,…
Earth, as it turns out, has other secrets to divulge. From the pounding of the surf and the rumbling of thunder, to the gentle rustling of leaves, Earth is not…
“Part of that is an artificial artifact of where we put the calendar boundaries,” Christy said. “Warmth from the new El Nino was not felt at all in June but…
An international team of researchers, including three from the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, deduce that “this technology required a…
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