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Scientists Say: Seismology
Seismology is the branch of science focused on seismic waves — vibrations that run through or around Earth.
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Seismology is the branch of science focused on seismic waves — vibrations that run through or around Earth.
Inland melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream is accelerating — and may contribute far more to sea level rise than earlier estimates suggested.
A massive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, earlier this year, appears to have triggered one tsunami that was initially 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) tall.
It appears the Pine Island and “Doomsday” Thwaites glaciers are losing ice — and shrinking faster — than at any time in the past 5,500 years.
A fault is a crack in Earth’s crust where pieces of rock scrape past each other.
Chemical hints observed in zircons suggest when the important process of plate tectonics first took off.
Such mountain sway data can help planners map high-risk zones for peaks, bridges or any large structures.
Los datos que demuestran esta relación entre las erupciones de este volcán griego y el nivel del mar se remontan al menos a 360,000 años.
The Richter scale and other magnitude measures reveal the strength of an earthquake.
Pressures within these pyroclastic flows may be as much as three times as high as observations had suggested.