Geology News And Research Archives Page 7

New geomorphological index created for studying the active tectonics of mountains (6/2/2008)

Active tectonics comprise the most up-to-date deformation processes that affect the Earth's crust, resulting in earthquakes or recent deformations in the planet's faults and folds ...> Full Article

Researchers Uncover 'Stirring' Secrets of Deadly Supervolcanoes (6/2/2008)

Researchers have simulated in the lab the process that can turn ordinary volcanic eruptions into so-called "supervolcanoes." ...> Full Article

Bacteria 'Feed' on Earth's Ocean-Bottom Crust (6/1/2008)

Rocks on and under seafloor offer feast for microbes ...> Full Article

Earth's Sediments Record a Falling Sky (5/31/2008)

Research on sedimentary record of meteorite impacts on Earth ...> Full Article

Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Quakes (5/30/2008)

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

Large methane release could cause abrupt climate change as happened 635 million years ago (5/30/2008)

Research team says methane-triggered global warming ended last 'snowball' ice age; dramatically reorganized Earth system ...> Full Article

World's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing, says new research (5/29/2008)

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 ...> Full Article

Geoengineering could slow down the global water cycle (5/28/2008)

As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures. ...> Full Article

Sunshade World - a global warming solution? (5/27/2008)

Placing a 'sunshade' in space in order to counteract global warming was first proposed in 1989 ...> Full Article

Big quakes spark jolts worldwide (5/26/2008)

Triggered tremors occur even on the opposite side of the Earth ...> Full Article

New 6 million research centre to create the mine of the future (5/25/2008)

Researchers to work with mining company Rio Tinto to develop sustainable mining techniques ...> Full Article

Arctic explorer delivers unique snow-depth data for CryoSat (5/24/2008)

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

Scorched Earth Millenium Map Shows 'Fire Scars' (5/23/2008)

New map shows burning hotspots on Earth ...> Full Article

Global Earthquake Fatalities Expected To Rise This Century (5/19/2008)

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. ...> Full Article

Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China (5/19/2008)

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." ...> Full Article

Funding to study earthquake region (5/18/2008)

A major research consortium has just started to investigate the causes of devastating earthquakes in south-east Asia ...> Full Article

Geosciences Professor Measuring Aftershocks of China Earthquake (5/18/2008)

Professor and students study seismic activity of critical area near China's largest hydroelectric dam. ...> Full Article

Studies confirm greenhouse mechanisms even further into past (5/17/2008)

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 ...> Full Article

Earthquake Engineering Conference (5/17/2008)

Experts on earthquake engineering and simulation will meet at the Sacramento Convention Center May 18-22 ...> Full Article

Ice cores reveal fluctuations in the Earth's greenhouse gases (5/16/2008)

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 aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust (5/15/2008)

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

Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics (5/13/2008)

With locked crust, Earth could become another Venus ...> Full Article

Chilean volcano captured blasting ash (5/12/2008)

Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau ...> Full Article

As Climate Warms, Underwater Deserts Grow in Tropical Oceans (5/11/2008)

Oxygen-poor waters are expanding in tropical regions of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ...> Full Article

Modelling the impact of the Severn Tidal Power Project (5/11/2008)

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. ...> Full Article

Climate Models Overheat Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research (5/10/2008)

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

Expert predicts 'Monsoon Britain' (5/9/2008)

Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to ...> Full Article

Global Climate Models Both Agree and Disagree With Actual Antarctic Data (5/8/2008)

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. ...> Full Article

First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety (5/7/2008)

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

Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region (5/7/2008)

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