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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

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Canada reports mildest winter on record

Canada jumps into spring after having recorded the mildest and driest winter on record, Environment Canada reported Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 20, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 7

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

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Dec 31, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

'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

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0