The race to explore the deep ocean: four technologies transforming research
The bottom of the ocean has been mapped in much less detail than has the surface of Mars.Credit:…
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…
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.…
Scientists Discover Mars Has an Earth-Like Core
The findings will help guide scientists towards a better understanding of Mars’ evolution as a planet. Credit: JPL-Caltech…
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.…
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…
Scientists Just Solved a 70-Year-Old Earthquake Mystery
A long-misunderstood 1954 quake may reveal Cascadia’s hidden ability to break in unexpected ways. Credit: SciTechDaily.com In 1954,…
California’s Next ‘Big One’ Might Not Follow the Script
On March 28, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Myanmar, splitting the Sagaing Fault at speeds of over…
Calving-driven fjord dynamics resolved by seafloor fibre sensing
Study site Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat (EKaS; also known as Qajuuttap Sermia) is, to our knowledge, the only major…