Earthquake hits Bam Southeastern Iran
An earthquake measuring 4 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the southeastern city of Bam at noon Sunday.
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Geologists piece together history, future of earthquakes, tsunamis
A panel of HSU geologists presented Monday evening more unsettling evidence that a large magnitude earthquake is on the way for the North Coast.
Satellite Data Reveal Immense Pollution Pool Over Bihar, India
Scientists studying satellite data have discovered an immense wintertime pool of pollution over the northern Indian state of Bihar. Blanketing around 100 million people, primarily in the Ganges Valley, ...
Meteorite hits Cambodia, sparks fires
A 4.5 kg (10 lb) meteorite which landed in a former Khmer Rouge zone of northwest Cambodia started fires across rice fields and prayers from villagers who saw it as a divine omen of peace.
Moderate earthquake hits near India's Nicobar islands, Hong Kong seismologists say
A moderate earthquake jolted India's remote Andaman and Nicobar island chain, the latest to strike near the archipelago that was hard-hit by last month's killer tsunami, Hong Kong seismologists said Saturday.
Groups Eye Davidson Seamount For Different Reasons
A water war over control of Davidson Seamount -- an underwater volcano off the coast of Big Sur -- is pitting environmental and oil interests against each other. Davidson Seamount is about 75 miles from ...
NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Pavonis Slope Streaks
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows several large, dark slope streaks formed on the wall of a trough on the lower north flank of the giant Tharsis shield volcano, Pavonis ...
Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Kamchatka spews steam
The spew of hot gas and steam at a height of two kilometres from the crater of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano was registered in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday.
NASA selects geology prof to help plan upcoming moon mission
Northwestern geology Prof. Mark Robinson has been selected by NASA to join a team of scientists who will provide support and instruments for an upcoming mission to the moon.
Astronomy’s Case Of The Missing Disks
Astronomers announced Jan. 10 that they have a lead in the case of the missing disks. The report was presented by UCLA graduate student and Ph.D. candidate Peter Plavchan; his adviser, Michael Jura; and Sarah ...
FUSE Observations Strengthen White Dwarf Theory
Observations of the white dwarf star, Sirius B, made with NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite give astronomers firm new evidence that mathematical models widely used to predict white dwarf star mass and radius ...
Cosmic birth theory gets support
New meteorite data lends support to a controversial theory that the violent explosion of a star was involved in the creation of the Sun and its planets.
Dome Building Slows at Mount St. Helens
Growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens has gradually slowed since the mountain reawakened in October, scientists said Tuesday.
Volcano spews ash again
TAVURVUR volcano in Papua New Guinea's is emitting ash plumes as high as 3km, ending 11 months of calm.
French experts will give geology lectures
The French Embassy here will organise lectures, titled ‘2050: Hazardous assignment’ by Adolphe Nicolas, a French professor and geologist, and ‘The Oman Ophiolite, a guided tour’ by Professor Francoise Boudier.