May 15, 2014
Longmenshan fault zone in the spotlight after two major quakes in five years
In May 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck near Wenchuan, China, killing more than 80,000 people in the country’s biggest quake since 1950. …
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May 15, 2014
Ionospheric charge could forewarn of earthquakes
On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake rocked Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, destroying much of the city and killing more than 200,000 …
May 14, 2014
Staking a claim: Deep-sea mining nears fruition
In the late 1970s, geologists in a deep-sea submersible several kilometers below the waves on the Galapagos Rift discovered a previously unknown …
May 14, 2014
Comment: Preparing for the death of Earth
About 5 billion years from now, Earth will meet its end in a fiery blaze as it is swallowed by the expanding sun. What happens between now and …
May 13, 2014
Reading the walls
What distinguishes a New England stone wall from a pile of stones? Noted stone wall expert Robert M. Thorson, a geologist at the University of …
May 13, 2014
The history, science and poetry of New England's stone walls
In 2007, I returned to eastern Connecticut, where I grew up. Driving north on Interstate 395 past towns like Norwich and Griswold, I was struck …
April 2, 2014
Social sciences improve tornado warnings
In 2013, 55 people in seven states were killed by tornadoes. Now, scientists behind a new report analyzing the effectiveness of tornado-warning …