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Hot Stuff: Magma at Shallow Depth Under Hawaii
December 13, 2010 Researchers have found a new way to gauge the depth of the magma chamber that forms the Hawaiian Island volcanic chain, and determined that the magma lies much closer to the surface than previously ... > full story -
'Array of Arrays' Coaxing Secrets from Unfelt Seismic Tremor Events
December 13, 2010 New technology is letting researchers get a much better picture of how episodic tremor events relate to potentially catastrophic earthquakes every 300 to 500 years in the Cascadia subduction ... > full story -
Earthshaking Possibilities May Limit Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide
December 13, 2010 Combating global warming by pumping carbon dioxide into the ground for long-term storage -- known as carbon sequestration -- could trigger small earthquakes that might breach the storage system, ... > full story -
Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Central Eastern United States
December 10, 2010 As the US policymakers renew emphasis on the use of nuclear energy in their efforts to reduce the country's oil dependence, other factors come into play. One concern of paramount importance is the ... > full story -
New Way Found of Monitoring Volcanic Ash Cloud
December 9, 2010 The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in April this year resulted in a giant ash cloud, which -- at one point covering most of Europe -- brought international aviation to a ... > full story -
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Childhood Maltreatment, High Magnitude Stressors Are Stronger Predictors of Psychiatric Symptoms Than Military Sexual Stressors
December 8, 2010 A study of long-term, active duty military personnel who used Department of Veterans Affairs' health services showed that childhood maltreatment and other high magnitude stressors, such as being in a ... > full story -
Fire Disaster in Israel Is a Typical Example of Expected Climate Change Effects in the Mediterranean
December 8, 2010 The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate change effect and a taste of the future, says a researcher. Ten years ago he had warned of expected climatic ... > full story -
Researchers Find Mathematical Patterns to Forecast Earthquakes
December 2, 2010 Researchers in Spain have found patterns of behavior that occur before an earthquake on the Iberian peninsula. The team used clustering techniques to forecast medium-large seismic movements when ... > full story -
How Earthquakes Can Be Predicted: Researchers Reveal New Means
November 30, 2010 Researchers in Israel who have been examining what happens in a "model earthquake" in their laboratory have discovered that basic assumptions about friction that have been accepted for hundreds of ... > full story -
Fire Forecast Technology Could Help Rescue Teams Save Lives
November 29, 2010 Fires in homes and offices could be tackled more efficiently using technology that predicts how a blaze will ... > full story
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