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Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore
For the first time
scientists have discovered
the presence of a natural
deep earth pump that is a
crucial element in the
formation of ore deposits
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Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
When glaciers advanced over
much of the Earth's surface
during the last ice age,
what kept the planet from
freezing over entirely? This
has been a puzzle to climate
scientists because leading
... > full story
Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In A Geologic Instant,' Study Of Prehistoric Glacier Shows
Modern glaciers, such as
those making up the
Greenland and Antarctic ice
sheets, are capable of
undergoing periods of rapid
... > full story
Carbon Dioxide Higher Today Than Last 2.1 Million Years
Researchers have
reconstructed atmospheric
carbon dioxide levels over
the past 2.1 million years
in the sharpest detail yet,
shedding new light on its
... > full story
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Tremors On Southern San Andreas Fault May Mean Increased Earthquake Risk
July 9, 2009 — Tremors under the Parkfield segment of the San Andreas Fault have increased with increasing stress on a nearby locked segment of the fault, perhaps signaling a greater chance of an earthquake. The ... > full story -
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Experts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive Waste
July 9, 2009 — The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear ... > full story -
Magmatic Plumbing Of A Large Permian Caldera Exposed To A Depth Of 25 Kilometers
July 2, 2009 — Large volcanic calderas, aka supervolcanoes, are enormous craters tens of kilometers in diameter produced by giant, explosive eruptions that rank among the most violent geologic events. Geophysical ... > full story -
Did Melting Snow Shape America's Southern Rocky Mountains?
July 2, 2009 — Is it possible that something as insubstantial and transitory as snow could be responsible for large scale vertical movements of Earth's surface and the excavation of deeply incised ... > full story -
Biogenic Origin For Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils
July 2, 2009 — Microbes and bacteria were the first living organisms on Earth, and they can be preserved in Archean silica-rich rocks. One such outcrop from western Australia, dated to 3.5 billion years ago, may ... > full story -
Alaskan Earthquake 'To Be Expected,' Says Researcher
June 23, 2009 — As reports of a strong earthquake in Alaska continue to emerge (on June 22) a Baylor University earthquake researcher says this is not an unusual event in this ... > full story -
Earth Hotspot Poorly Imaged
June 22, 2009 — The Earth's mantle, situated under the Earth's crust, is very much the spot for studying interesting geological processes. Although we do not realize it, right under our feet there is a sultry world ... > full story -
Super-computer Provides First Glimpse Of Earth's Early Magma Interior
June 16, 2009 — By using a super-computer to virtually squeeze and heat iron-bearing minerals under conditions that would have existed when the Earth crystallized from an ocean of magma to its solid form 4.5 billion ... > full story -
Are Changes In Earth's Main Magnetic Field Induced By Oceans' Circulation?
June 15, 2009 — A researcher has defied the long-standing convention by applying equations from magnetohydrodynamics to our oceans' salt water (which conducts electricity) and found that the long-term changes in the ... > full story -
Typhoons Trigger Slow Earthquakes
June 12, 2009 — Scientists have made the surprising finding that typhoons trigger slow earthquakes, at least in eastern Taiwan. Slow earthquakes are non-violent fault slippage events that take hours or days instead ... > full story
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