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Magma movements suggest long-term seismic risk for Northern Europe

June 11, 2020
News
Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely populated areas of Europe. The study 'crowd-sourced' GPS monitoring data from antennae across western...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics, Tectonics, Volcanology
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Deep earthquake simulation may unravel geophysical mystery (video)

May 29, 2020
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New computer modeling by Magali Billen, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis, offers new understanding of our planet's deepest earthquakes and could help unravel one of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Geology, Tectonics
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Oldest stegosaur found in Morocco

August 21, 2019
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Remains of the oldest stegosaur, dating to the Middle Jurassic period, have been found in Morocco.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Earth & Environmental, Paleobiology, Tectonics
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Plate tectonics evolution unlocked

September 21, 2017
News
Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have shown, with the aid of computer simulations, how plate tectonics occurred on Earth. Scientists know that the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago, but...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tectonics
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Stirring up understanding of the Earth’s mantle

June 1, 2017
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Scientists from the University of Leicester have a completely new understanding of the movement of the Earth’s mantle.
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tectonics
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Smartphones to predict earthquakes

June 19, 2015
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Geophysicists have discovered that GPS sensors in smartphones could be used as an earthquake warning system. By using data from hundreds of smartphones, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey believe...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Tectonics
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Sediment collapse explains scale of tsunami

September 13, 2012
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Cambridge University seismologists have developed a model that may explain why some tsunamis are larger than predicted – such as the Japanese March 2011 tsunami that baffled earthquake experts. The...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography, Tectonics
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