Hundreds of Earthquakes Are Rocking One of Earth’s Most Dangerous Glaciers
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, aptly nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is a ticking time bomb. The rapidly melting body of…
China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time
China is set to break its own record in hypergravity research with a colossal new centrifuge that can…
Japan lifts megaquake advisory but urges caution a week after magnitude 7.5 temblor
Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake…
Antarctica on brink of collapse as hundreds of earthquakes recorded at ‘Doomsday’ glacier | World | News
Fears are growing about the potential collapse of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier”, a massive ice sheet that is melting…
Earthquake swarms signal hidden shifts beneath the crust
An earthquake swarm is a sequence of many small to moderate earthquakes occurring in a localized area without…
Fossil tracks in Italy record a turtle stampede from 80 million years ago
In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast…
Quake-era initiative becomes lifeline for students’ mental health
In 2023, $3.7m of funding came from a Cyclone Gabrielle recovery package to expand the programme to Hawke’s…
Long-healed faults reveal why even stable regions can quake
Earthquakes in stable regions seem paradoxical. In areas such as Groningen, the Upper Rhine Valley, and Utah, the…
When the Earth Moves: 25 Years of Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazards
Editors’ Vox is a blog from AGU’s Publications Department. Earthquake surface ruptures can cause severe damage to infrastructure…
New Research Identifies Moonquake Dangers That Could Threaten Future Lunar Missions
New research suggests that subtle tremors beneath the lunar surface, not meteor strikes, may be responsible for reshaping…
Around 90% of an Earthquake’s Energy Doesn’t Do What You Think It Does
Earthquakes can be deadly and disastrous. But what we feel may constitute a tiny sliver of an earthquake’s…
NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had…