The southeastern United States should, by all means, be relatively quiet in terms of seismic activity. It's located in the interior of the North American Plate, far away from plate boundaries where earthquakes usually occur. ...
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2016
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The most comprehensive analysis to date of a series of earthquakes that included a 4.8 magnitude event in East Texas in 2012 has found it plausible that the earthquakes were caused by wastewater injection. The findings also ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2016
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New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps pin down when water on the Red Planet dried up during a global climate change event.
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2016
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A recent discovery could radically change our views of one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, Tutankhamun's tomb. Scans of the complex in Egypt's Valley of the Kings revealed it may still include undiscovered ...
Archaeology
Mar 24, 2016
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The repeated storms which battered Europe's Atlantic coastline during the winter of 2013/14 were the most energetic in almost seven decades, new research has shown.
Environment
Mar 16, 2016
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A 2005 spate of quakes in California's Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection underground, a study published Thursday said in the first such link in California between oil and gas operations and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2016
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NASA scientists have released new findings about the moon's tenuous exosphere – the thin layer of gas surrounding the moon that's one 25-trillionth the density of Earth's atmosphere. The data reveal, for the first time, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2015
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The warm El Niño conditions affecting weather around the Pacific Ocean are also affecting conditions in space, according to UC Berkeley scientists.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2015
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A new study by Stanford researchers suggests that earthquakes triggered by human activity follow several indicative patterns that could help scientists distinguish them from naturally occurring temblors.
Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2015
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Mountain pine beetle populations have exploded over the past decade due to warmer temperatures and drier summers, and these insects have infected and killed thousands of acres of western pine forests. Researchers have predicted ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2015
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