Sep 02 2010

Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean

Tag: Geology, Geophysics, Maps, Plate TectonicsMichael Reilly @ 9:15 pm
A new study has found that the mantle plume that feeds Yellowstone's famous geysers is even more powerful than anyone ever thought.

Sep 01 2010

NASA Offers New View of Lunar Crater

Tag: Geology, Geophysics, Maps, The MoonMichael Reilly @ 9:33 pm
A new geologic map of Schrodinger Basin on the moon gives a unique glimpse of Luna's distant past.

Aug 26 2010

France to Drain Glacial Lake That Threatens Thousands

Tag: Conservation, Engineering, Floods, Geophysics, GlaciersZahra Hirji @ 12:15 am
Engineers will soon attempt to drain a dangerous glacier lake hidden inside Mount Blanc before it floods the valley below, home to 3,000 people.

Aug 17 2010

Seattle’s Ongoing ‘Silent Quake’ Lends Clues to the Big One

Tag: Earthquakes, Geology, Geophysics, Natural Disasters, Plate TectonicsMichael Reilly @ 8:57 pm
Scientists are studying a peculiar set of seismic rumbles underneath the Seattle area, hoping to find clues to an impending magnitude 9 earthquake.

Aug 12 2010

Haiti Quake Caused by Previously Unknown Fault

Tag: Earth, Earthquakes, Geology, Geophysics, Natural DisastersDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 5:53 pm
Scientists say the risk of future temblors in region is unclear.

Aug 12 2010

Stunning ‘Honeycomb’ Clouds Yield Climate Clues

Strange arrangements of opening and closing cloud cells have long puzzled scientists. Now they think they've figured the features out.

Aug 11 2010

Russian Heat, Asian Floods Share Common Cause

Weather scientists see upper air links between Russian heat and Asian floods -- and signs of global warming.

Aug 10 2010

Mica Minerals Key to the Origins of Life

Tag: Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, WaterZahra Hirji @ 12:22 pm
A new theory argues that the first life on Earth got started "between the sheets" -- sheets of flaky mica minerals, that is.

Aug 08 2010

Giant Glacier Breaks on Anniversary of Global Warming

Thirty-five years after the term "global warming" was coined, a stark reminder of its symptoms reared its head in the Arctic.

Aug 06 2010

Satellites Use Ripples in Space to Detect Tsunamis

Tsunamis produce "gravity waves" that GPS satellites can detect. Space-based monitoring could be a powerful new tool for issuing tsunami warnings.

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