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Iceland drills 4.7 km down into volcano to tap clean energy
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
If successful, the experimental project could produce up to 10 times more energy than an existing conventional gas or oil well, by generating electricity from t...
Scientists discover how world's biggest volcanoes formed
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
The study found that the volcanoes formed along twin tracks due to a shift in the Pacific Plate's direction three million years ago. Lead researcher Tim Jones f...
Geologists use radioactive clock to document longest earthquake record
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
It is the longest record of earthquakes ever documented on a fault, showing 13 distinct seismic events - nine of which occurred at regular intervals averaging 4...
Earthquakes can make thrust faults open violently and snap shut
May 02, 2017 (SPX)
Except, it can, according to new experimental research from Caltech. The work, appearing in the journal Nature on May 1, shows how the earth can split open - an...
6.8-magnitude quake strikes the Philippines: USGS
Apr 28, 2017 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which shook the southern region of Mindanao just before dawn, Philippine officials said....
NASA Study Challenges Long-held Tsunami Formation Theory
Apr 27, 2017 (JPL)
Experiments conducted in wave tanks in the 1970s demonstrated that vertical uplift of the tank bottom could generate tsunami-like waves. In the following decade...
New model could help predict major earthquakes
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
Although much is known about the mechanisms behind this process, more needs to be understood about what happens at particular plate boundaries to determine the ...
Hard rocks from Himalaya raise flood risk for millions
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
The findings could help researchers improve flood risk maps for the Ganga Plain, a low-lying region covering parts of India, Nepal and Pakistan. They could also...
Atlantic storm season starts early, putting energy industry on notice
Apr 24, 2017 (UPI)
Arlene was only the second such tropical storm observed in April in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters for the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Friday that dete...
Nepal quake injured stalked by disability two years on
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
Two years on Basnet is still caring for a handful of the 22,000 Nepalis injured in the disaster, many left with preventable disabilities after slipping through ...
At least 16 killed in Colombia floods: government
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
At least seven people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, government officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it ...
Report identifies grand challenges to better prepare for volcanic eruptions
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
Volcano monitoring is critical for forecasting eruptions and mitigating risks of their hazards. However, few volcanoes are adequately observed, and many are not...
At least 11 killed in Colombia floods: Red Cross
Apr 19, 2017 (AFP)
At least 20 people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it did earlier th...
Death toll at 113 in Peru floods, mudslides; while 6.2 quake rumbles
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
The natural disasters, which scientists blame on a climate phenomenon called "coastal El Nino," have also left more than 178,000 people homeless, the National C...
Lessons from Parkfield help predict continued fault movements after earthquakes
Apr 18, 2017 (SPX)
The findings, reported April 18 in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA), suggest that there can be a range of afterslip durations along f...
At least 35 dead in Iran floods; Quake rattles northern Chile
Apr 15, 2017 (AFP)
"Thirty-five people have been killed in the floods" across four provinces, the head of Iran's emergency response organisation, Esmail Najar, told the ISNA news ...
Oklahoma is laboratory for research on human-induced earthquakes
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Earthquakes such as the February 2016 magnitude 5.1 Fairview quake, November 2016's 5.0 Cushing quake, and the September 2016 5.8 Pawnee quake - the state's lar...
Developing a microinsurance plan for California earthquakes
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Unlike traditional insurance policies, which tend to cover only structural damage and involve extensive documentation, a microinsurance policy would automatical...
Researchers seek new ways to improve earthquake risk communications
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Keith Porter, a research professor in civil, environmental, and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has studied the public's knowl...
Seismologists offer detailed look at New Zealand's Kaikoura earthquake
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Shaking from the earthquake lasted about two minutes and 20 seconds, and was felt in the New Zealand capital of Wellington, about 260 kilometers away from the q...
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