Updated: 2023-04-21 14:20:25
Faults in the Ridgecrest, California area were very sensitive to solid earth tidal stresses in the year and a half before the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence.
Updated: 2023-04-20 18:53:04
Using remote sensing, geophysicists have documented the massive Feb. 6 quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Eastern Turkey and toppled more than 100,000 buildings. Alarmingly, researchers found that a section of the fault remains unbroken and locked -- a sign that the plates there may, when friction intensifies, generate another magnitude 6.8 earthquake when it finally gives way.
Updated: 2023-04-20 15:00:00
The Planetary Society's all-virtual advocacy event was a success, with more than 1,500 advocacy actions taken.
Updated: 2023-04-19 05:51:08
Your source for the latest research news : Follow Facebook Twitter LinkedIn : Subscribe RSS Feeds advertisement Science News from research organizations 1 2 Plate tectonic processes in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period have shaped the Caribbean region to this day : Date April 19, 2023 : Source Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz : Summary Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics . The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction . The question of how new active subduction zones come into being , however , is still under debate . An example of this is the volcanic Lesser Antilles arc in the Caribbean . A research team recently developed models that simulated the occurrences in the Caribbean region
Updated: 2023-04-14 13:38:00
The spacecraft will explore Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, all three of which may harbor subsurface oceans.
Updated: 2023-04-13 20:44:08
How did the Andes -- the world's longest mountain range -- reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method may be able to answer. With unprecedented precision, the method allows researchers to estimate how Earth's tectonic plates changed speed over the past millions of years.
Updated: 2023-04-13 13:38:27
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Updated: 2023-04-12 18:11:18
Our planet's water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and magma oceans of the planetary embryos that comprised Earth's formative years.
Updated: 2023-04-11 20:05:21
Material left on the seafloor by bronze-age underwater volcanic eruptions is helping researchers better understand the size, hazards and climate impact of their parent eruptions, according to new research.
Updated: 2023-04-11 17:00:00
April 18, 2023 is The Planetary Society's Digital Day of Action. Learn how you can get involved and show your support for space exploration.
Updated: 2023-04-11 15:58:51
Oceanographers discovered warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up from the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport. They named the unique underwater spring 'Pythia's Oasis.' Observations suggest the spring is sourced from water 2.5 miles beneath the seafloor at the plate boundary, regulating stress on the offshore subduction zone fault.
Updated: 2023-04-06 14:30:00
Juice is ready to launch on a mission to uncover the secrets of Jupiter's icy moons.
Updated: 2023-04-04 19:07:35
Researchers used small zircon crystals to unlock information about magmas and plate tectonic activity in early Earth. The research provides chemical evidence that plate tectonics was most likely occurring more than 4.2 billion years ago when life is thought to have first formed on our planet. This finding could prove beneficial in the search for life on other planets.
