The release of gases through sublimation is the defining process of comets, but a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Jordan K. Steckloff and Senior Scientist Nalin H. Samarasinha says that periodic ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2018
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With a wave runup of nearly 200 metres, the tsunami that ripped through an Alaskan fjord in 2015 was one of the largest ever documented. But with no-one killed, it almost went unnoticed.
Earth Sciences
Sep 6, 2018
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The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China, killed tens of thousands of people and left millions homeless. About 20,000 deaths—nearly 30 percent of the total—resulted not from the ground shaking itself but from the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2018
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Like avalanches onshore,many processes cause submarine landslides. One very widespread assumption is that they are associated with dissociating gas hydrates in the seafloor. However, scientists at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2018
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New research, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, not only implies a link between catastrophic volcanic eruptions and landslides, but also suggests that landslides are the trigger.
Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2018
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Washington State University researchers say landslides on logged forests will be more widespread as the Northwest climate changes.
Environment
Nov 9, 2017
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New research finds large earthquakes can trigger underwater landslides thousands of miles away, weeks or months after the quake occurs.
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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Scientists have shown how earthquakes and storms in the Himalaya can increase the impact of deadly floods in one of Earth's most densely populated areas.
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2017
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Massive landslides, similar to those found on Earth, are occurring on the asteroid Ceres. That's according to a new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, adding to the growing evidence that Ceres retains a significant ...
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2017
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Merged data from on-the-ground measurements, aerial photography, satellite imagery and satellite-radar imaging have unveiled an unexpected geological consequence of northern California's ongoing drought.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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