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Ahead of the wave
Scientists are working to predict — and tame — the tsunamis that can threaten some coastal communities
Posted in Earth
Tagged Dailin Wang, David Mencin, earth science, earthquakes, engineering, feature, forces, France, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Indonesia, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, Japan, Marseille, motion, oceanography, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Sébastien Guenneau, seiche, seismometers, strainmeters, tectonic plates, topstories, tsunami, waves and radiation, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park
Groundwater removal linked to quake
Pumping water from the ground in southeastern Spain may have triggered a deadly 2011 earthquake there
Posted in Earth
Tagged earthquakes, farming, getinvolved, groundwater, human effects, Lorca, Pablo González, seismic waves, seismology, Spain, University of Western Ontario
Earth’s big breakup
Powerful motions beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a series of earthquakes near Sumatra
Posted in Earth
Tagged aftershocks, Australia, crust, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Earth's crust, earthquakes, École Normale Supérieure in Paris, getinvolved, Himalayas, India, Indo-Australian plate, Indonesia, Kerry Sieh, Matthias Delescluse, physics, plate tectonics, seismology, Sumatra, tectonic plates
Fracking fuels energy debate
The hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of deep shale deposits is unearthing a lot of natural gas — and controversy
Posted in Technology & Engineering
Tagged Alternative energy, Bill Ellsworth, Charles Groat, chemistry, David Blackmon, earthquakes, feature, fracking, Gasland, groundwater contamination, Josh Fox, Lawrence M. Cathles, Marcellus Shale formation, methane, Nadia Steinzor, natural gas, organic chemistry, Pavillion, proppants, Robert W. Howarth, Stephen Osborn, Theo Colborn
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