6+ hour, 20+ min ago  (436+ words) Around 2, 000 Brazilian municipalities are at risk of landslides and floods and the majority do not even have the basic instruments to protect themselves from disasters, according to research conducted at the National Center for Monitoring and Alerting of Natural Disasters....

12+ hour, 36+ min ago  (423+ words) The barriers are composed of fault structures filled with seawater. The pressure inside the rock filled with fluid drops suddenly, which prevents earthquakes from taking on large proportions. Scientists discovered the mechanism behind one of the earthquake patterns most unusual…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (382+ words) Fragments of volcanic glass from the Krafla magma chamber in Iceland Almost 20 years ago, Iceland accidentally drilled a pocket of magma 2, 100 meters deep. According to a recent study, the procedure could be used to obtain energy continuously. In 2009, drilling in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (313+ words) Rocks returned by the Apollo missions have signatures that indicate a magnetic field stronger than Earth's. The mystery has now been solved, with research indicating that the cause was strong, short-lived bursts of magnetism. A new published in Nature Geoscience…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (327+ words) New study warns: sea level could be much higher than previously thought. Flood risk increases for tens of millions of people. A new scientific study indicates that the sea "level could be significantly highest than previous estimates suggested; and this…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (776+ words) Although we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own planet, not even making it through the thin crust. Information about the Earth's deep interior comes mainly from geophysics and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (340+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Footprints are "among the most common dinosaur fossils. Sometimes "scientists find a single, solitary footprint. Other times, they come across "a chaotic jumble of footsteps that resemble a dance floor, a kind of dinosaur disco. But identifying…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (207+ words) The ice in Antarctica is not static: it slides slowly, at a speed of about 10 meters per year, from the center of the continent towards the coast under its own weight. Therefore, the exact position of the pole, defined as…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (392+ words) Satellite image of iceberg A23a in the Southern Ocean, showing meltwater on its surface Meltwater on a city-sized iceberg in the Southern Ocean is quickly forming a gigantic lagoon on its surface " possibly a sign that it is close to breaking…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (95+ words) lnginnorthernbc. ca Critics Choice Awards: who are the award presenters? France will suspend imports of fruit from South America due to use of pesticides Real wins confidently even without Mbapp" Gonzalo Garc'a scores three, Real Madrid thrashes Betis and touches…...