Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
earthquakes, Tag
- After 250 earthquakes in 24 hours, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano might erupt Fri, 4 May 18, 3:53amOut of the five volcanoes on Hawaii's Big Island, Kilauea is the most active — and it's threatening to erupt. After a collapse event at the Pu'u 'Ō'ō vent, in the volcano's East Rift Zone, around 250 earthquakes happened....
- This foldable, solar-powered skyscraper provides instant shelter in disaster zones Wed, 2 May 18, 5:06amSkyshelter.zip is a mobile skyscraper that can be folded and transported to natural disaster zones. Polish designers Damian Granosik, Jakub Kulisa and Piotr Pańczyk envisioned the design as a compact multi-purpose shelter...
- Fracking may have caused South Korean earthquake – study Fri, 27 Apr 18, 9:01amResearchers analysed data from November quake and found main shock occurred near fracking site
- Town where nobody's home: Fukushima communities struggling to survive Fri, 9 Mar 18, 2:36pmSeven years after the nuclear disaster, 50,000 people have yet to return to their homes, but the dream of going back endures
- Wave of earthquakes shake Yellowstones supervolcano Fri, 23 Feb 18, 1:25amSince the start of February, Yellowstone National Park and its supervolcano have been hit with a wave of at least 20 earthquakes and a number of smaller tremors...
- Wave of earthquakes shake Yellowstone's supervolcano Fri, 23 Feb 18, 1:25amSince the start of February, Yellowstone National Park and its supervolcano have been hit with a wave of at least 20 earthquakes and a number of smaller tremors...
- Gas field earthquakes put Netherlands’ biggest firms on extraction notice Wed, 24 Jan 18, 2:48amGovernment tells 200 companies they have four years to stop sourcing gas from Groningen field after increasingly significant earthquakes
- This mesmerizing lamp reacts to earthquakes across the globe in real time Sat, 20 Jan 18, 5:47amThis minimalist lamp responds in real time to earthquakes around the world. French artist Fabien Bouchard, who works under the name Parse/Error, linked the lamp to the data from IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for...
- 'Like thunder in the ground': Texans fear link between quakes and fracking waste Fri, 5 Jan 18, 10:00pmWastewater injection, a byproduct of fracking, is the likely culprit behind a surge of earthquakes in northern Texas – and residents want accountability
- Scientists hypothesize why earthquakes happen where they shouldn't Sat, 23 Dec 17, 3:00amScientists at the University of Kentucky and the University of Memphis may have learned why earthquakes often occur in places they aren't usually expected...
- Scientists warn of more severe earthquakes in 2018 as Earth's rotation slows Wed, 22 Nov 17, 1:45amYou wouldn't have felt it, but sometimes the Earth's rotation slows down. Sure, the fluctuations are minute - maybe a millisecond here or there. But two geophysicists think there could be more destructive quakes next year...
- 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Iran and Iraq, killing hundreds Tue, 14 Nov 17, 1:41am[...]
- New super concrete makes buildings strong enough to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes Fri, 13 Oct 17, 4:43amRecent natural disasters such as hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico have laid bare the need for more resilient buildings. Fortunately, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed...
- 8.0 magnitude quake reported off west coast of Mexico – Tsunami possible Fri, 8 Sep 17, 3:23pmStill early, but here are the details we know from USGS: Magnitude 8.0 – 96km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico Time 2017-09-08 04:49:17 (UTC) Location15.029°N 93.807°W Depth 35.0 km From the Pacific tsunami warning center:...
- Erin Brockovich helps Oklahoma Pawnee Nation take on fracking companies Tue, 11 Jul 17, 11:10pmOklahoma has become an earthquake hotspot in recent years, and many are blaming companies that engage in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Last year, the state saw its largest earthquake ever recorded at a 5.8 magnitude,...