AI Detects Hidden Warning Signs Before Major Earthquakes
Unsupervised machine learning, combined with the analysis of earthquake sequences as interacting events, can help identify precursor signals…
Scientists Used AI to Find Hidden Earthquake Signals Along the San Andreas Fault
Predicting earthquakes has been an impossible dream for seismologists practically since the discipline first emerged over 150 years…
Seismic evidence for a melt-depleted lower crust and transcrustal magmatism on Mars
Selection of the seismic velocity model The literature presents a wide range of seismic velocity models for the…
The “Impossible” Earthquake Beneath Utah Was Real After All
A mysterious Utah earthquake recorded in 1979 has been confirmed as part of a rare type of deep-mantle…
32,000 Olympic Pools of Magma Nearly Erupted Beneath Atlantic Island
A massive “stealth” magma surge beneath Portugal’s São Jorge Island triggered thousands of earthquakes after rising almost silently…
Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Open in Africa, and It Could Form a New Ocean
Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling…
Scientists Say a Hidden Structure May Exist Inside Earth’s Core
Scientists have found evidence that Earth’s inner core may contain a previously unknown layer, suggesting the planet’s center…
Volcanoes Send Tiny Warning Signals Before Eruptions. These Scientists Are Decoding Them
Science is a constant work in progress; despite breakthroughs, humanity still struggles to fully explain many natural phenomena.…
Seismometers Track Dangerous Deorbiting Space Junk
Space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere moves faster than the speed of sound, producing sonic booms that trigger…
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…
Scientists Find the Invisible Culprit Behind Dry Oil Wells
Oil wells often run dry long before they should, leaving behind untapped reserves hidden by complex underground geology.…