Seismic waves generated by tornadoes when they touch down could be used to measure a twister's intensity, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2017
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The MIPT Center for Molecular Electronics (CME) has developed and tested a seismic station for hydrocarbon exploration. The new device has unparalleled bandwidth, enabling it to reveal the structure of underground reservoirs ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2017
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After analyzing the seismic waves produced by small underground chemical explosions at a test site in Vermont, scientists say that some features of seismic waves could be affected by the amount of gas produced in the explosion.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2015
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(Phys.org) —University of Washington seismologists this week installed two strong-motion seismometers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle to augment an existing station in recording shaking from "earthquakes" expected on Saturday ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2014
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From 1999 to 2006, Taiwan's Chenyoulan watershed experienced 48,000 landslides, rock avalanches, and other geomorphic events, the bulk of which are thought to be triggered by the powerful tropical cyclones that batter the ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2013
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More than 20 years ago, geologist Harry Green, now a distinguished professor of the graduate division at the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues discovered a high-pressure failure mechanism that they proposed ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2013
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An early warning system against tsunamis has been developed and tailored for the need of the Mediterranean, but preparedness on the ground is paramount to ensuring peoples' safety.
Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2013
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Under the auspices of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, a worldwide monitoring system designed to detect the illegal testing of nuclear weaponry has been under construction since 1999. The International ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from Yale University have found that molten iron is able to penetrate into rock samples in a unique way under certain conditions. Geophysicist Shun-ichiro Karato and student Kazuhiko Otsuka together ...
A team of elephant researchers from Stanford University has transformed a remote corner of southern Africa into a high-tech field camp run entirely on sunlight. The seasonal solar-powered research camp gives scientists a ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2012
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