Geology News And Research - May 2008 Archives
Research on sedimentary record of meteorite impacts on Earth
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 | The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...> Full Article |
 | Research team says methane-triggered global warming ended last 'snowball' ice age; dramatically reorganized Earth system ...> Full Article |
The world's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing and could subside to depths of more than 140 metres with consequences for the surrounding environment
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As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures.
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Placing a 'sunshade' in space in order to counteract global warming was first proposed in 1989
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 | Triggered tremors occur even on the opposite side of the Earth ...> Full Article |
Researchers to work with mining company Rio Tinto to develop sustainable mining techniques
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 | Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid polar explorer Alain Hubert recently visited ESA to handover a unique set of snow-depth measurements ...> Full Article |
Earthquake expert and geological sciences Professor Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado at Boulder says unprecedented human fatalities from earthquakes will occur around the globe in the coming century unless significant earthquake-resistant building codes are implemented.
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Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthquake, making them potentially serious sources of regional seismic hazard."
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A major research consortium has just started to investigate the causes of devastating earthquakes in south-east Asia
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Professor and students study seismic activity of critical area near China's largest hydroelectric dam.
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Experts on earthquake engineering and simulation will meet at the Sacramento Convention Center May 18-22
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The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores now provide a reasonable view of greenhouse gas concentrations as much as 800,000 years into the past, and are further confirming the link between greenhouse gas levels and global warming
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 | Ice cores from Antarctica show both the lowest atmospheric content of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and fast changes in the content of CH4 (methane) measured over the past 800,000 years. ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists to use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust. ...> Full Article |
With locked crust, Earth could become another Venus
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 | Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau ...> Full Article |
 | Oxygen-poor waters are expanding in tropical regions of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...> Full Article |
Researchers are making it possible to more accurately predict the impact of using the world's second highest tidal range as a source of energy.
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 | Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University. ...> Full Article |
Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to
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Scientists who compared recorded Antarctic temperatures and snowfall accumulation to predictions by major computer models of global climate change offer both good and bad news.
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 | Knowing the structure and detailed composition of soil carbon could provide a better understanding of the chemical processes that cycle organic matter in soil. ...> Full Article |
 | The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much more densely populated areas ...> Full Article |
 | New technology which provides images from below the Earth's surface has been unveiled ...> Full Article |
 | The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet ...> Full Article |
 | Calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice. ...> Full Article |
 | A new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. ...> Full Article |
 | Class works to get Peruvian town back on its foundations ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists on the second leg of a multi-year mission to recover ice cores from glaciers in the Alaska wilderness ...> Full Article |
Researcher calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today.
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 | Scientists have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation ...> Full Article |
 | Science team designing a NASA satellite mission to collect global soil moisture measurements and other data seen as key to improving weather, flood and drought forecasts and predictions of agricultural productivity and climate change. ...> Full Article |
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