Coming Soon: The Great Utah ShakeOut
I’ve been following the progress of the upcoming Great Utah ShakeOut and I’m really pleased with what I’ve seen to date. Perhaps what’s most impressive is the number of participants, which continues to climb...
Category: Earth
How the Mariana Trench Became Earth’s Deepest Point
The Mariana Trench isn’t really the deep, narrow furrow that the word “trench” implies. Rather, the abyss marks the location of a subduction zone. Subduction zones occur where one part of the seabed—in this...
Facts about perigean spring tide
In order to understand the phenomenon called a ‘perigean spring tide,’ you first have to know that the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun cause tides. Tides are actually long-period waves that roll...
Quake strikes Mexico
(Reuters) – An earthquake struck Mexico on Monday, shaking buildings in the capital and prompting people to stream out of their offices onto the street, although there were no immediate reports of damage. The...
Earthquake Warning Systems
(multimedia) Earthquakes can happen just about anywhere at any time. The recent catastrophic quakes of Japan, Chile, and Mexico have us all thinking, “when will we be hit by the next big one?” Dr. Thomas...
Colo. wildfire still raging out of control
(CBS News) CONIFER, Colo. – An erratic wildfire suspected of causing at least two deaths outside Denver was still totally out of control Wednesday. The blaze is one of several in Colorado fueled by...
Colorado wildfire kills 1, chars homes
(multimedia) (AP) CONIFER, Colo. – The residents of about 900 homes have been evacuated and more are under threat Tuesday as a wind-driven wildfire scorched a mostly rural area in the mountains southwest of...
Japan left with one nuclear reactor after shutdown
Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to suspending atomic energy, following the Fukushima disaster. Only one of the 54 nuclear reactors remains in operation, and it is...
NASA GRACE Data Hit Big Apple on World Water Day
To highlight declines in the world’s groundwater supplies, a new visualization of Earth’s groundwater reserves, created in part with space data from the joint NASA/German Aerospace Center (DLR) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)...
Quake Expert Eyes Inactive Area on Mexico Coast
(multimedia) A Calif. seismologist says the Guerrero Gap, an area along Mexico’s coast that earthquakes have avoided, may be facing some seismic activity in the future. That observation comes after a 7.4-magnitude quake rattled...
