14-07-04 The dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 is likely attributable to subsurface wastewater injection at just a handful of disposal wells, finds a new study to be published in the journal Science on July 3, 2014. The research...

13-08-16 Monitoring slow earthquakes may provide a basis for reliable prediction in areas where slow quakes trigger normal earthquakes, according to Penn State geoscientists. We currently don't have any way to remotely monitor when land faults are about to m...

13-05-14 The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically（自相矛盾地） , one of the least understood. The animal's huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard to study. A carcass（尸体，残骸） t...

12-12-29 A research team led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas. This ground-breakin...

12-10-19 Earthquakes sway buildings, buckle terrain（地形，地势） , and rumble -- both audibly and in infrasound, frequencies below the threshold（门槛，极限） of human hearing. New computer modeling by a team of researchers indicates that most of the low-fr...

12-08-15 Earthquakes are among the most destructive and common of geologic phenomena. Several million earthquakes are estimated to occur worldwide each year (the vast majority are too small to feel, but their motions can be measured by arrays of seismometers...

12-03-14 Do a Google image search for Greece. Before you find pictures of the Parthenon or Acropolis, you'll see several beautiful photos of Santorini, the picturesque（独特的，生动的） island in the Aegean Sea. The British Broadcasting Company named it the...

11-12-01 Geophysicists from Potsdam have established a mode of action that can explain the irregular distribution of strong earthquakes at the San Andreas Fault in California. As the science magazine Nature reports in its latest issue, the scientists examine...

10-08-02 A new theory developed at Purdue University may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a tectonic plate（地质构造板块） boundary, produces large earthquakes such as the ones that shook...