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The European Research Council has awarded Harvard Professor Charles Langmuir and researchers the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany ...
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Since the tsunami that devastated coasts around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 and the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, people worldwide are aware that geol
E-Mail IMAGE: For a total of two years, 15 ocean bottom seismometers off northern Chile recorded aftershocks from the 2014 Iquique earthquake. view more Credit: Jan Steffen/GEOMAR Northern Chile is an ideal natural laboratory to study the origin of earthquakes. Here, the Pacific Nazca plate slides underneath the South American continental plate with a speed of about 65 millimetres per year. This process, known as subduction, creates strain between the two plates and scientists thus expected a mega-earthquake here sooner or later, like the last one in 1877. But although northern Ch...
Mount Etna erupts and creates huge fountains of lava as volcanic stones rain down Mount Etna has been visible from space as it spews lava into the area, with a nearby airport forced to close on Sunday, February 21. Locals living nearby reported ash descending on the area Updated Mount Etna has been visible from space (Image: Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide ...