News tagged with vancouver
Scientists find odd twist in slow 'earthquakes': Tremor running backwards
Earthquake scientists trying to unravel the mysteries of an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip have discovered a strange twist. The tremor can suddenly reverse direction ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2011 |
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Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island
University of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 31, 2008 |
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Odds are about 1-in-3 that a mega-earthquake will hit the Northwest in the next 50 years
The major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and which triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 24, 2010 |
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Tremors between slip events: More evidence of great quake danger to Seattle
(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of a decade, scientists have documented unfelt and slow-moving seismic events, called episodic tremor and slip, showing up in regular cycles under the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state and Vancouver ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Canada reports mildest winter on record
Canada jumps into spring after having recorded the mildest and driest winter on record, Environment Canada reported Friday.
Mar 20, 2010 |
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Beyond climate models: Rethinking how to envision the future with climate change
Professor Stephen Sheppard will present at the symposium Beyond Climate Models: Rethinking How to Envision the Future with Climate Change Friday, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference ...
Feb 18, 2012 |
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Repelling the knapweed invasion
The problem of invasive species may seem remote from most people's lives. But in some parts of the United Kingdom, an invasive plant creates a problem that hits home, literally. That's because the presence of invasive knotweed ...
Feb 19, 2012 |
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From 'science from above' to 'science in the community'
Most research initiatives aim to discover more knowledge. The International Polar Year (IPY) went even further; it created more discoverers.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2012 |
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'Array of arrays' coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
Every 15 months or so, an unfelt earthquake occurs in western Washington and travels northward to Canada's Vancouver Island. The episode typically releases as much energy as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, but ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2010 |
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eBay to close Vancouver facility
Online auction giant eBay announced plans to close a customer service facility in Vancouver which employs some 700 people.
May 06, 2009 |
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