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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Did the Romans build seismic invisibility cloaks?
“Archaeological metamaterials” may have acted as a shield against earthquakes
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Seismic monitoring reveals tidal stresses in the Earth’s crust
Annual and daily stress cycles in natural rock formations have been revealed in observations from a single seismic monitoring station
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Mapping Vienna’s hidden depths
Ground beneath city contains up to 42 metres of man-made material
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What has the Earth ever done for us?
A captivating read, Origins: How the Earth Made Us by Lewis Dartnell would be of equal interest to students of geophysics and history, says Ian Randall
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X-rays suggest lower-mantle magma could be stabilized by heavy elements
New technique probes structure of materials under high pressures
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Stalagmites boost precision of carbon dating over 54,000 years
Measurements also improve our understanding of atmospheric radiocarbon
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Modelling the Mississippi
Physical river model helps science, policy and education
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Smartphone apps shake up earthquake early-warning systems
Lucina Melesio examines how companies in Mexico are developing earthquake early-warning smartphone apps to help save lives
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