New map pinpoints US power lines susceptible to space weather super-storms
Geoelectrical hazard map could reduce the risk of blackouts
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Sand dunes repel each other as they move across a landscape
Laboratory study shows that dunes can interact over large distances without exchanging mass
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Undersea optical fibre monitors seismic activity and ocean waves
Seismic detection could be extended across huge swathes of the Earth
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We shall inherit the Earth
Iain Dale-Trotter reviews Underland: a Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
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Noisy freight trains could help predict California earthquakes
New technique monitors changes in seismic velocity
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Last reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field took twice as long as previously thought
More accurate measurements from multiple rock and ice-core samples show that the last magnetic-field reversal took 20,000 years to complete
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Distance between spacecraft measured at the atomic scale
Laser ranging interferometer could deliver better gravity maps of Earth
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Low-cost laser sensors survey earthquake damage
Devices could help ensure hospitals are safe to use after a disaster
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Three earthquake laws are reproduced in the lab
Experiment could help unravel the complexity of seismic events
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Orbiting Carbon Observatory successfully launches to the International Space Station
NASA probe will monitor how carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere change over the course of a day
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