Tag: earth sciences
Gulf of Naples: The super volcano stirs
Seven mistakes families make on vacation Hoping for a relaxing time on the campsite, choosing the destination for the child or wanting to stick to the rhythm: How parents spoil…
New York sinks: weight of skyscrapers affects Manhattan – knowledge
In the future, New York could be hit harder by flooding than other coastal cities in the United States. In addition to the rise in sea level due to climate…
Heavy development: New York is sinking – knowledge
In the future, New York could be hit harder by flooding than other coastal cities in the United States. In addition to the rise in sea level due to climate…
Popocatépetl volcano: It never rests
The Popocatépetl has been active for almost 30 years. Especially at the moment. Numerous cities and villages in Mexico sink under a layer of ash. source site
What the deepest hole in the world is supposed to reveal about the history of the earth – knowledge
On April 2, 1961, John Steinbeck stood on the deck of the oil drilling ship cuss 1 near the Mexican peninsula of Baja California. The American writer was in high…
Swarm earthquakes in New Zealand – knowledge
From Benjamin von Brackel On the morning of March 18, the residents of Kawerau were shaken awake before sunrise. Cupboards wobbled, glasses rattled. It was only a good month ago…
New water reservoir discovered on the moon – knowledge
Glassy grains on the lunar surface form a previously unknown water reservoir there, reports a team around the Geophysicist Hu Sen of the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of Sciences in NatureGeoscience.…
Earth Sciences: The Mystery of the Earth’s Core
27 years ago, seismologists proved that the inner core of the earth rotates on its own axis. Now that rotation seems to have stopped. The story of an incredible discovery.…
A warning for other high-risk areas – Knowledge
Those traveling to earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria to help are finding a region that has gone haywire. Everything possible is broken, crushed or grotesquely shifted. The injuries are everywhere: in…
“We must learn to think in geological time scales” – knowledge
SZ: Ms. Gürer, you spent several summers in the mountains of central and eastern Anatolia to research the tectonic history there. How does the earthquake of February 6 fit into…