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Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Landslides
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Landslide risk remains years after even a weak earthquake - Landslide Risk Remains Years After Even a Weak Earthquake      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Safeguarding urban infrastructure from subsidence and liquefaction risks      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

During an earthquake, soil can weaken through subsidence and liquefaction. These processes can cause...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Geology Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Iceland's volcano eruptions may last decades      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists predict from geochemical data that Iceland is entering a new volcanic era that will last...

Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Volcanoes
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Highly sensitive fiber optic gyroscope senses rotational ground motion around active volcano      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have built a prototype fiber optic gyroscope for high resolution, real-time monitoring o...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Assessing the effect of hydraulic fracturing on microearthquakes - Assessing the Effect of Hydraulic Fracturing on Microearthquakes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new article assesses the impact of hydraulic fracturing on seismic hazards like micro-earthquakes,...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought - Violent Supershear Earthquakes: More Common Than Previously Thought      (via sciencedaily.com) 

About 14% of magnitude 6.7 or greater strike-slip earthquakes since 2000 have been supershear. That'...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Geoscience: Geology
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Exploring the deep: Drones offer new ways to monitor sea floor - Exploring the Deep: Drones Offer New Ways to Monitor Sea Floor      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have developed a novel method for measuring the earth's crust on the seafloor. A lightwe...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Detrimental secondary health effects after disasters and pandemics - Detrimental Secondary Health Effects After Disasters and Pandemics      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A study has shown that the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, which included hypertension, hyp...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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'Segment-jumping' ridgecrest earthquakes explored in new study - Segment-jumping Ridgecrest Earthquakes Explored in New Study      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Seismologists used a powerful supercomputer that incorporated data-infused and physics-based models...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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Tsunami threats underestimated in current models - Tsunami Threats Underestimated in Current Models      (via sciencedaily.com) 

USC researchers have found a correlation between tsunami severity and the width of the outer wedge -...

Geoscience: Earthquakes Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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When soft spheres make porous media stiffer - When Soft Spheres Make Porous Media Stiffer      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Porous media such as concrete physically represent a spherical packing of different components -- in...

Geoscience: Earthquakes
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The link between temperature, dehydration and tectonic tremors in Alaska - The Link Between Temperature, Dehydration, and Tectonic Tremors in Alaska      (via sciencedaily.com) 

No one is at their best when they are dehydrated and that goes for tectonic plates too. Researchers...