November 8, 2018
Fats on Neolithic pottery pinpoint climate cooling event
About 8,200 years ago, right around the time that animals such as cows and sheep were first being domesticated in the Near East for meat and …
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December 13, 2016
New research suggests Syrian refugees must be accounted for in seismic risk models
Much of Turkey — including densely populated areas like Istanbul — faces significant seismic risk. Should a powerful quake strike in one of these …
June 1, 2016
Getting there and getting around Turkey
Turkey has two major airports — Istanbul and Ankara — and many smaller regional ones. Istanbul Ataturk Airport offers nonstop flights on Turkish …
June 1, 2016
Travels in Geology: Turkey's storied Turquoise Coast
We visited Turkey in June 2015, prior to the heightening of the Syrian refugee crisis. At the time, there were few security concerns, but due to …
January 5, 2012
Temblor flattens Turkish towns
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Turkey at 4:32 a.m. local time Monday. The quake was centered in Elazig province about 625 kilometers …
January 5, 2012
Hazardous Living: Collision forces behind devastating Turkey quake
By Tuesday evening local time, close to 500 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,300 injured following a major magnitude-7.2 …
January 5, 2012
Closing Istanbul's seismic gap
Since 1939, a progression of deadly earthquakes has been marching westward across Turkey’s North Anatolian Fault, stalking the mega-city …