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February 19, 2019

Mountains Discovered Deep Within Earth's Mantle

Nepal 2015 Quake: Only a Prelude to the Big One?

Volcanoes Fed by 'Mush' Reservoirs

Huge Amount of Water Dragged Inside Earth

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Tide Gauges Capture Tremor Episodes in Cascadian Subduction Zone

Feb. 15, 2019 — Hourly water level records collected from tide gauges can be used to measure land uplift caused by episodic tremor and slip of slow earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, according to a new ... read more

Satellite Images Reveal Interconnected Plumbing System That Caused Bali Volcano to Erupt

Feb. 14, 2019 — A team of scientists has used satellite technology provided by the European Space Agency to uncover why the Agung volcano in Bali erupted in November ... read more

In Disasters, Twitter Influencers Get out-Tweeted

Feb. 13, 2019 — A first-of-its-kind study on Twitter use during 5 of the costliest US natural disasters offers potentially life-saving insights. The research finds that Twitter users with ... read more

Climate Change Increases Potential for Conflict and Violence

Feb. 13, 2019 — Images of extensive flooding or fire-ravaged communities help us see how climate change is accelerating the severity of natural disasters. Researchers say what is not as clear is the indirect effect ... read more

Indonesia's Devastating 2018 Earthquake Was a Rare Supershear, UCLA Study Finds

Feb. 12, 2019 — The devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi last September was a rare 'supershear' earthquake, according ... read more

Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Maria

Feb. 7, 2019 — Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico on 20 September 2017 and triggered more than 40,000 landslides in at least three-fourths of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities. Researchers write that 'the ... read more

Revising the History of Big, Climate-Altering Volcanic Eruptions

Feb. 5, 2019 — Researchers have developed a new isotopic method to analyze the recent history of large stratospheric volcanic eruptions, using 2,600 years' worth of records contained in ice ... read more

Dark Fiber Lays Groundwork for Long-Distance Earthquake Detection and Groundwater Mapping

Feb. 5, 2019 — Researchers have turned parts of a 13,000-mile-long testbed of 'dark fiber', unused fiber-optic cable, owned by the DOE ... read more

MERMAIDs Reveal Secrets from Below the Ocean Floor

Feb. 4, 2019 — Floating seismometers dubbed MERMAIDs -- Mobile Earthquake Recording in Marine Areas by Independent Divers -- reveal that Galápagos volcanoes are fed by a mantle plume ... read more

Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath Included Spike in Heart Disease Hospitalizations

Jan. 31, 2019 — Hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease rose precipitously in Orleans and Jefferson parishes after Hurricane Katrina. ... read more

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February 19, 2019

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Study Calls on Feds to Invest in Local Volunteer Disaster Response, Recovery Groups

Feb. 13, 2019 — Data from 2017 Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and California natural disasters highlights key collaboration gaps and better ways to save money, time and lives in future disasters. After 2017's ... read more

Toppled Train Offers Insight Into Ground Motion, Origin of 1906 Earthquake

Jan. 30, 2019 — By mathematically modeling the movements of a locomotive that toppled from the tracks north of San Francisco during the city's infamous 1906 earthquake, researchers have calculated a lower limit ... read more

Earthquake in Super Slo-Mo

Jan. 29, 2019 — A big earthquake occurred south of Istanbul in the summer of 2016, but it was so slow that nobody noticed. The earthquake, which took place at mid-crustal depth, lasted more than fifty days. Only a ... read more

Extratropical Volcanoes Influence Climate More Than Assumed

Jan. 28, 2019 — The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 had a significant impact on climate, decreasing global mean temperature by about 0.5°C. Like the famous eruptions of Krakatau (1883) and Tambora (1815), ... read more

Natural Disaster Affects Children's Schooling Years Later

Jan. 24, 2019 — A new study looked at changes in children's academic performance after major bushfires in Australia. The study concluded that children in regions affected significantly by bushfires demonstrated ... read more

Large Volcanic Eruption in Scotland May Have Contributed to Prehistoric Global Warming

Jan. 24, 2019 — Around 56 million years ago, global temperatures spiked. Researchers now show that a major explosive eruption from the Red Hills on the Isle of Skye may have been a contributing factor to the massive ... read more

Scientists Reconstruct Ancient Lost Plates Under Andes Mountains

Jan. 23, 2019 — Geologists demonstrate the reconstruction of the subduction of the Nazca Ocean plate, the remnants of which are currently found down to 1,500 kilometers, or about 900 miles, below the Earth's ... read more

Near-Term Climate Prediction 'Coming of Age'

Jan. 22, 2019 — The quest for climate scientists to be able to bridge the gap between shorter-term seasonal forecasts and long-term climate projections is 'coming of age', a study ... read more

'Silent Slip' Along Fault Line Serves as Prelude to Big Earthquakes, Research Suggests

Jan. 22, 2019 — Big earthquakes appear to follow a brief episode of 'shallow mantle creep' and 'seismic swarms,' suggests new research that offers an explanation for the foreshocks observed prior ... read more

New Computer Modeling Approach Could Improve Understanding of Megathrust Earthquakes

Jan. 10, 2019 — Years before the devastating Tohoku earthquake struck the coast of Japan in 2011, the Earth's crust near the site of the quake was starting to stir. Researchers are using computer models to ... read more

Following Nepal's Devastating 2015 Earthquake, Crisis in Childhood Malnutrition Averted

Jan. 9, 2019 — Despite widespread destruction, including severe agricultural-related losses caused by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, child nutrition remained stable in the hardest hit areas, a new study ... read more

Deep Low-Frequency Earthquakes Indicate Migration of Magmatic Fluids Beneath Laacher See Volcano

Jan. 7, 2019 — Magma could rise from the upper mantle into the middle and upper crust beneath the Laacher See Volcano (Germany). The scientists present evidence of deep and low-frequency earthquakes caused by magma ... read more

Tree-Ring Analysis Explains Physiology Behind Drought Intolerance

Dec. 26, 2018 — Tree rings tell the story of what's happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests and wildfires, new research ... read more

Pollutants from Wildfires Affect Crop and Vegetation Growth Hundreds of Kilometers from Impact Zone

Dec. 21, 2018 — The startling extent to which violent wildfires, similar to those that ravaged large swathes of California recently, affect forests and crops way beyond the boundaries of the blaze has been ... read more

Oroville Dam Earthquakes in February 2017 Related to Spillway Discharge

Dec. 18, 2018 — A closer look at small earthquakes that took place at the Oroville Dam in California's Sierra Nevada foothills in February 2017 -- near the time when the dam's spillway failed -- suggest ... read more

Machine Learning-Detected Signal Predicts Time to Earthquake

Dec. 18, 2018 — Machine-learning research reveals the detection of seismic signals accurately predicting the Cascadia fault's slow slippage, a type of failure observed to precede large earthquakes in other ... read more

Paradigm Shift Needed for Designing Tsunami-Resistant Bridges

Dec. 17, 2018 — Researchers argue in a new study that a paradigm shift is needed for assessing bridges' tsunami ... read more

A Fire-Breathing Dragon Helps Fight Ember Attacks on Thatched-Roof Buildings

Dec. 17, 2018 — Researchers conducted a special fire test to learn how to protect steep thatched-roof farmhouses that emerged more than 250 years ago to ruggedly withstand Central Japan's heavy winter ... read more

Historic Earthquakes Test Indonesia's Seismic Hazard Assessment

Dec. 11, 2018 — Using data gleaned from historical reports, researchers have now identified the sources of some of the most destructive Indonesian earthquakes in Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, using these data to ... read more

Alaska Earthquakes Offer New Insight Into Improving Hazard Assessment

Dec. 11, 2018 — Earthquake hazard assessment often overlooks intra-slab earthquakes. EarthScope Transportable Array data for the 2016 Iniskin and Nov. 30, 2018 Anchorage earthquakes in Alaska offer new insight into ... read more

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Study calls on feds to invest in local volunteer disaster response, recovery groups

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Toppled train offers insight into ground motion, origin of 1906 earthquake

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Earthquake in super slo-mo

Monday, January 28, 2019

Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumed

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Scientists reconstruct ancient lost plates under Andes mountains

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Thursday, January 10, 2019

New computer modeling approach could improve understanding of megathrust earthquakes

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Following Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake, crisis in childhood malnutrition averted

Monday, January 7, 2019

Deep low-frequency earthquakes indicate migration of magmatic fluids beneath Laacher See Volcano

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance

Friday, December 21, 2018

Pollutants from wildfires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometers from impact zone

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Monday, December 17, 2018

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Media coverage of disasters can have lasting effects on children's mental health

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Information from citizens could improve flood modelling

Monday, November 26, 2018

A large volcanic eruption shook Deception Island 3,980 years ago

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Monday, November 5, 2018

Enhanced views of Earth tectonics

Friday, November 2, 2018

Culture strongly influences coping behaviors after natural disasters

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Monitoring air pollution after Hurricane Maria

Monday, October 29, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Volcanic ash impact on air travel could be reduced says new research

Friday, October 19, 2018

Earth’s inner core is solid, 'J waves' suggest

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Looking and listening for signals of navy test explosions off Florida coast

Monday, October 15, 2018

Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Fast, accurate estimation of the Earth's magnetic field for natural disaster detection

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Climate scientist sees stage set for reprise of worst known drought, famine

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Ground shaking during devastating flood offers new insights

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

New concept to cool boiling surface may help prevent nuclear power plant accidents

Friday, September 28, 2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Regional seismic data help locate September 2017 North Korean nuclear test

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Seasonal reservoir filling in India deforms rock, may trigger earthquakes

Monday, September 24, 2018

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

From crystals to climate: 'Gold standard' timeline links flood basalts to climate change

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Geoscientists find unexpected 'deep creep' near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Most fire in Florida goes undetected

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Fire weather prediction improving

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Industry-certified masks offer better protection from volcanic ash exposure

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Earthquakes: Attacking aftershocks

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Monday, August 27, 2018

Friday, August 24, 2018

Smoked out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Monday, August 20, 2018

Michigan meteor could help researchers understand near-Earth object threats

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Monday, August 20, 2018

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Monday, August 6, 2018

Earthquakes can be weakened by groundwater

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Earthquakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Icy Greenland's heated geologic past

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Monday, July 16, 2018

Sound waves reveal enormous diamond cache deep in Earth's interior

Friday, July 13, 2018

Deep subterranean connection between two Japan volcanoes

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