Geography

Comprehensive new earthquake catalog includes 10 times more quakes than previously identified, with a more detailed picture of stresses and structures in the earthCredit: W.L. Huber, USGS. Public domain. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 18,…

A closer look at seismic data from 2008-17 expands Southern California's earthquake catalog by a factor of 10Credit: Caltech Pouring through 10 years' worth of Southern California seismic data with the scientific equivalent of a…

Lightning still is a poorly understood phenomenon -- LOFAR radio telescope measures so far unknown structures and discharge processes -- research at KIT has laid technological foundationsCredit: Montage: Danielle Futselaar, www.artsource.nl…

Urine salts reveal timing and scale of neolithic revolution at Turkish siteCredit: Güneş Duru The transition from hunting and gathering to farming and herding is considered a crucial turning point in the history of…

Credit: Sarah Schanz/Indiana University Geologic time is supposed to be slow, and the most solid object should be bedrock. But new University of Washington research upends both concepts: Effects of logging show that human…

The origin of giant apatite-iron oxide ores of the so-called 'Kiruna-type' has been the topic of a long standing debate that has lasted for over 100 years. In a new article, published in Nature Communications, a team of scientists…

Credit: Yoshinori Iizuka, Hokkaido University. Evidence of historic marine life present in Alaskan permafrost is helping scientists reconstruct ancient changes in the ice cover over the Arctic Ocean. Hokkaido University researchers…

Credit: WorldPop A study by the University of Southampton shows that several low-and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, need more effective child vaccination strategies to eliminate the threat from vaccine-preventable…

New UMD-led research shows unusual three-year spike in late-season surface melt due to bursts of warm, dry wind from Antarctic Peninsula's mountainsCredit: NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin The Antarctic Peninsula is the…

New app allows victims to report hate incidents beyond those captured by policeCredit: Hate Incident Reporting System Group The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for tracking hate crimes across the country, but the data…