Geology

Another Major Earthquake In Haiti?

The January 12th earthquake in Haiti killed an estimated 200,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless. Now, researchers are returning to the island this week to determine whether the quake could trigger another major event to the east or west of Haiti' ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:19pm

Post Glacial Eustatic Sea Level Rise

Post Glacial Eustatic Sea Level Rise Was The Danube The Location Of The Noah's Ark Flood? asks a scientificblogging.com news item. Was it the location of Noah's flood?  Doubtful, but it was the location of a flood, just one of many from human pr ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 26 2010 - 9:14pm

Haiti Event Supersite Established

Haiti Event Supersite Established The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has set up a website page bringing together a welter of geological facts about the recent earthquake in Haiti, together with many web links. The site will be of great benefit to geolo ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 27 2010 - 12:08am

The Haiti Earthquake: Science, Early Warning And Mitigation

When we experience disasters like the earthquake in Haiti January 2010, we naturally ask the questions: Could we have known (early warning)? Could we have been prepared (mitigation plans)? Haiti on the Hispaniola island in the Caribbean. Credit: USGS ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Mar 24 2011 - 3:11pm

Alaskan Glacial Melt Rate Overestimated, New Study Suggests

Researchers analyzing recent data from the SPOT 5 and ASTER satellites say that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past 40 years. Writing in a recent issue of Nature Geoscience, the team suggests that mass ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2010 - 2:51pm

New Satellite Observations May Spare Haiti Another Disaster

University of Miami geologists have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and after Haiti's devastating  January 12 earthquake. The images reveal surprising new details that may help the island better mitiga ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:02pm

New Calibration Curve Could Answer Lingering Questions About Human Evolution

Writing in the journal Radiocarbon, researchers report the development of a new calibration curve that could answer key questions about human evolution and climate change. The new calibration curve, which extends back 50,000 years, is a major landmark in r ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2010 - 12:41pm

Ocean Waves May Trigger Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse

Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, scientists report in Geophysical Research Letters that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America could play a role in the catastrophic collapse of Antarc ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2010 - 7:22pm

New Evidence Links Exploration Well To Lusi Mud Volcano

Drilling firm Lapindo Brantas has denied that one of its gas exploration well was the trigger for the Lusi mud volcano, which killed 13 people and displaced thirty thousand in East Java, Indonesia on May 29, 2006. The firm instead blamed an earthquake that ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2010 - 2:54pm

Ice Shelves Retreating In Antarctic Peninsula

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change. The disappearing ice could lead to sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2010 - 1:49pm