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NRL RAIDS experiment advances ionospheric remote sensing

Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impact study: Princeton model shows fallout of a giant meteorite strike

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seeking to better understand the level of death and destruction that would result from a large meteorite striking the Earth, Princeton University researchers have developed a new model that ...

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Video simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network

A Princeton University-led research team has developed the capability to produce realistic movies of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations that can be made available worldwide within hours of a ...

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created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.

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created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Purdue researchers studied Haitian fault; warned of potential for a large earthquake (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The potential for large earthquakes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic was forecast by a model of the northeastern Caribbean created by a team of experts.

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created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar ...

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 4

CSI: Pisco, Peru -- Study uncovers tectonic events behind earthquake

A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007. The event killed 595 people, while another 318 were missing. Tsunami waves were observed locally, off the shore ...

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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0