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Giant 'Balloon of Magma' Inflates Under Santorini's Volcano
September 9, 2012 — The chamber of molten rock beneath Santorini's volcano expanded 10-20 million cubic meters -- up to 15 times the size of London's Olympic Stadium -- between January 2011 and April 2012, according to ... > full story -
Exploration Drilling to Monitor Earthquakes in the Istanbul Area
September 7, 2012 — Today the drilling starts for a seismic monitoring network on the Marmara Sea near Istanbul. Specially designed seismic sensors in eight boreholes on the outskirts of Istanbul and around the eastern ... > full story -
Smoking and Natural Disasters: Christchurch Residents Increase Tobacco Consumption Post-Earthquake
September 4, 2012 — The prevalence of smoking in Christchurch, New Zealand, increased following the 2010 earthquake, according to a new ... > full story -
Earthquake Hazards Map Study Finds Deadly Flaws
August 31, 2012 — Three of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent history occurred where earthquake hazard maps didn't predict massive quakes. Scientists have recently studied the reasons for the maps' ... > full story -
Hot Spots Pinpointed as Earthquake Trigger Points: Small Droplets of Friction-Generated Melts Can Lead to 'Megaquakes'
August 29, 2012 — Scientists have come a step closer to deciphering some of the basic mysteries and mechanisms behind earthquakes and how average-sized earthquakes may evolve into massive earthquakes. Scientists ... > full story -
Short And Mid-Term Cardiovascular Effects of Japan's 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: Incidence Rises With the Seismic Peak
August 27, 2012 — The Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, which hit the north-east coast of Japan with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, was one of the largest ocean-trench earthquakes ever ... > full story -
Antarctic Ice Sheet Quakes Shed Light on Ice Movement and Earthquakes
August 23, 2012 — Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to an understanding of glacial movement, but may also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San ... > full story -
Why Do the Caribbean Islands Arc? Movement of Earth Modeled to 3,000 Km Depth
August 20, 2012 — The Caribbean islands have been pushed east over the last 50 million years, driven by the movement of the Earth's viscous mantle against the more rooted South American continent, reveals new ... > full story -
Your Wireless Router Could Save Lives in an Emergency
August 20, 2012 — An emergency communications system that could automatically piggyback on domestic wireless routers connected in urban locations could help first responders stay in touch even if cell phone towers and ... > full story -
Tibetan Plateau May Be Older Than Previously Thought
August 16, 2012 — The growth of high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, began much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of geologists who looked at mountain ranges ... > full story
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