What we can learn from the world's biggest waves?
Alaska is renowned for its postcard pretty mountains, vast spaces and massive earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
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Antarctica's magnetic link to ancient neighbors
For the first time, an international team of scientists has used magnetic data from ESA's Swarm satellite mission together with aeromagnetic data to help reveal the mysteries of the geology hidden beneath Antarctica's kilometers-thick ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2021
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Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near deep-sea faults
Researchers from Japan and Indonesia have pioneered a new method for more accurately estimating the source of weak ground vibrations in areas where one tectonic plate is sliding under another in the sea. Applying the approach ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2021
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Little damage from huge Pacific quake; tsunami threat passes
One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate coastal areas Friday. Small tsunami waves were ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2021
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Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this exoplanet
Until now, researchers have found no evidence of global tectonic activity on planets outside our solar system. Under the leadership of the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research NCCR PlanetS, ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2021
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The 'breathing' Himalaya: Great mountains grow in a cycle of rising and falling
How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate slowly pushes up against ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 4, 2021
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Melting ocean mud helps prevent major earthquakes—and may show where quake risk is highest
The largest and most destructive earthquakes on the planet happen in places where two tectonic plates collide. In our new research, published today in Nature Communications, we have produced new models of where and how rocks ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2021
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Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system
Anew analysis of ceramic chips embedded in meteorites suggests the formation of our solar system was not as quiet and orderly as we once thought.
Astronomy
Feb 11, 2021
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Video: A billion years in 40 seconds
Geoscientists have released a video that for the first time shows the uninterrupted movement of the Earth's tectonic plates over the past billion years.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2021
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Newly developed material could lead to lighter, safer car designs
A new form of 3-D-printed material made by combining commonly-used plastics with carbon nanotubes is tougher and lighter than similar forms of aluminium, scientists say.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2021
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