All Articles Tagged As: south america

Patagonian glacier yields clues for improved understanding of global climate change (8/6/2008)

The Andes are particularly suited for sampling climate data concerning the whole of the Southern Hemisphere owing to their high altitudes and N-S orientation ...> Full Article

Researcher talks about latest in Younger Dryas work in Science article (7/19/2008)

latest research into the question of whether the significant climate change event about 12,900 years ago known as Younger Dryas impacted the climate all around the globe ...> 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

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

An earthquake's aftermath (5/3/2008)

Class works to get Peruvian town back on its foundations ...> Full Article

Surprise On Journey To Center Of The Earth: Light Tectonic Plates Lead The Way (2/25/2008)

The first direct evidence of how and when tectonic plates move into the deepest reaches of the Earth has been detailed in Nature. Scientists hope their description of how plates collide with one sliding below the other into the rocky mantle could potentially improve their ability to assess earthquake risks. ...> Full Article