Jul 18 2011
Giant Lost Island Found on Atlantic Seafloor
A long lost island in the North Atlantic Ocean sits on the seafloor, but rivers and mountains and other remnants of its time at the surface remain etched on its features.
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Jun 29 2011
Smaller Salton Sea Silences Seismic Shocks
The periodic flooding of Southern California's Salton Sea in the past may have pressured small “stepover” faults to trigger the San Andreas. A drier Salton has eased that pressure.
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May 20 2011
Ultimate Game of Chance: Tracking the Rapture
A revision of earthquake risk is in store following tomorrow's day of rapture, but would have been even without the judgment based on new geophysical reports.
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Mar 18 2011
Japan Crisis: Your Questions Answered
Here at Discovery News, we understand the crisis in Japan is confusing. There was an earthquake, a tsunami and now a nuclear disaster. Our experts are on hand to answer any questions you may have.
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Mar 16 2011
The Incredible Shrunken Mercury
What's it like on a planet where a year is three months long and the sun is 11 times brighter than on Earth? We're about to find out.
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Mar 11 2011
Why Surfing A Tsunami Wave Won’t Work
If mash of whitewater going 500 mph tempts the surfer in you - here's 3 reasons that make a tsunami wave a dangerous wall of water.
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Feb 24 2011
New Zealand-Like Quake Disaster Could Strike Seattle
The soft sediment under Christchurch magnified quake damage in a way seismologists expect to see for cities in the Pacific Northwest.
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Feb 09 2011
China Quakes Give U.S. Temblors Pause
Intercontinental earthquakes, such as the ones that rattled New Madrid, may not strike the same place twice.
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Jan 11 2011
EarthObserver: A Planet in Your Pocket
Great new -- free -- earth science software applications for the iPad and iPhone-iPod Touch have been developed by scientists and software engineers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
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Dec 31 2010
Top Volcanic Eruptions of 2010
Mount Merapi, Eyjafjallajökul, Tungurahu and others shook the world in 2010.
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