Societal behavior during, and after, the pandemic
"Humans are so fascinating, and that's why I study them."
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May 8, 2020
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News tagged with fault lines
Better protection for critical pipelines during land movement
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a cost-effective and practical method to protect pipelines and keep them operating during significant fault rupture incidents and large ground movements.
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2020
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Research could protect cities in active earthquake zones
A study from the University of Toronto Mississauga reveals new clues about an earthquake that rocked Argentina's San Juan province in the 1950s. The results add important data about one of the Earth's most active thrust zones ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2019
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Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake
A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2019
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Nearly 200,000 people exposed to California's volcanic hazard zones each day, report says
Nearly 200,000 people live, work or pass through one of California's volcanic hazard zones on a daily basis, and there's a 16 percent chance of an eruption in the state within the next 30 years.
Environment
Mar 2, 2019
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Lava, gas flowing out Indonesia volcano sends people fleeing
An eruption of one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes sent lava and searing gas clouds out the crater and made villagers leave the slopes, a volcanology official said Tuesday.
Environment
Feb 5, 2019
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Indonesia's Sinabung volcano unleashes towering ash column
Rumbling Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra shot billowing columns of ash more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the atmosphere and hot clouds down its slopes on Monday.
Environment
Feb 19, 2018
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Earthquake fault runs through Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills' shopping district, California geologists say
New data from state geologists show that an earthquake fault runs below Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills' shopping district, heightening the known seismic risk in an area famous for Cartier, Gucci, Prada and other luxury brands.
Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2018
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Ancient weakening of Earth's crust explains unusual intraplate earthquakes
New research reveals that mysterious pockets of earthquake activity in the middle of North America all have one thing in common: Earth's crust in these zones underwent significant deformation hundreds of millions of years ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2017
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After Iran-Iraq earthquake, seismologists work to fill in fault map of the region
With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the largest ever recorded in this area. Seismologists know it resulted from the pressure built up between the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2017
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