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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
What’s an Earthquake?
Earthquakes may bring to mind fear and danger or perhaps confusion and curiosity. Some earthquakes can be very destructive, as we have seen in several recent events. To help mitigate the damage and loss of life, earthquake scientists aim to better understand the physical context of great earthquakes, like the 2004 M 9 Sumatra-Adaman Earthquake. That’s part of the goal of Expedition 362. But first, we need to know what an [...]
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35th International Geological Congress: Day #2
This post continues my daily blogging about the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC) being held in here in my home city of Cape Town, South Africa. You can read my post on Day #1 here. Today was another busy day at the congress! In the morning I attended a few talks on the history of geology and was particularly interested in a talk by Martin Pickford on the history of geological researchThe earthquake that will destroy Toronto - Part 5
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I'm writing this in the style of the New Yorker and their piece on the Cascadia Fault. That horribly weak subduction zone has as much chance of going as Toronto. Although they are always saying that an [...]Wie wird aus einem kleinen Fettbrand in der Küche eine Katastrophe?
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Italian earthquakes at very low ground motion
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I span TWO geological epochs!It is now thought that the Anthropocene started about 1950. It has still to be formally approved - and may not be - but vigorous debate will, no doubt, ensue.This link covers the [...]no title
Weather bombs could help us see deep inside EarthUsing severe weather as a substitute forWooster’s Fossils of the Week: Mystery fossil solution — an oyster from the Middle Jurassic of southern England
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Katla volcano earthquake activity update
This is not going to be a too long update about the activity in Katla volcano. Since I fear that this article might become outdated rather quickly. Currently there is no eruption in Katla volcano. At the [...]The demise of the Maya civilization: water shortage can destroy cultures
Something really drastic must have happened to the ancient Maya at the end of the Classic Period in the 9th Century. Within a short period of time, this advanced civilization in Central America went from [...]The earthquake that will destroy Toronto - Part 3
The famous Oklahoma earthquakes had gone off a few years before. Although they rang church bells in Toronto, everybody laughed them off. What was unknown is that the creeping stress field from that zone [...]Earthquake swarm in Bárðarbunga volcano
Today (30-August-2016) an earthquake swarm started in Bárðarbunga volcano. The earthquake swarm took place in the caldera of Bárðarbunga volcano, as has been the case for the past few months. Nothing [...]Tierwohl falsch verstanden
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Wildfire smoke hacks clouds
Plumes of wildfire smoke envelop and alter clouds, potentially affecting local weather, according to new research based on serendipitous airborne measurements of clouds in smoke from Canadian fires. The new [...]How Does the Ocean Drive Weather and Climate Extremes?
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Ryan Abernathey and Richard Seager are investigating how processes in the ocean create extreme weather and climate conditions overBiologos interview
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Nanocillus – `cause spore is more!
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Northwest Highlands unconformities (3 of 3): Sub-Ardvreck
It’s time to cover the third and final unconformity I observed this summer in the North-West Highlands of Scotland: the unconformity between the Neoproterozoic Torridonian Group below and the Cambrian [...]Earthquake activity on Reykjanes peninsula
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