https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Geosciences Barcelona In August of 2009, typhoon Morakot passed over Taiwan, triggering over 22,000 landslides and adding another chapter to the forced migration of indigenous settlements in the mountainous areas. A new study recently published in the journal Tectonophysics has analyzed how extreme weather such as that caused by Morakot, when coupled with local geological conditions, can trigger landslides that have caused two forced settlement relocations of one Paiwan group in southern Taiwan in the last 350 years. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-extreme-weather-geology-migrations-southern.html Earth Sciences Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:54:01 EDT news538905238 Seismic data could be used under certain conditions as a proxy to monitor the level of human activity in urban environments, providing similar details to those offered by other common mobility indicators, according to a new study made by researchers from Geosciences Barcelona—CSIC. Seismologist Jordi Díaz is the leading author of the study that has been published recently in the journal Solid Earth. Mario Ruiz and José Antonio Jara, the from Institut Cartográfic i Geologic de Catalunya (ICGC) are the other authors of the study. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-seismic-indicator-human-cities.html Earth Sciences Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:28:44 EDT news537006522 Large-scale storage of hydrogen remains largely untested but is essential if hydrogen is to realize its potential to make a significant contribution to achieving net-zero emissions. A new perspectives paper sets out the key scientific challenges and knowledge gaps in large scale hydrogen storage in porous geological environments. These underground hydrogen reservoirs could be used as energy storages to face high demand periods. The article, authored by Niklas Heinemann and co-authored by GEO3BCN-CSIC researchers Juan Alcalde and Ramon Carbonell, has been recently published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-main-scientific-undergound-hydrogen-storage.html Energy & Green Tech Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:45:28 EST news531143124