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The seismic hazard in our backyard " What San Diegans don't know about the potentially deadly Rose Canyon Fault
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (528+ words) The Rose Canyon Fault, and other local faults, are "all over San Diego, but we really don't have effective mapping of them," a local professor said. Times of San Diego takes a look at what the experts know about the…...
A fault line halted plans for a 40-story tower. Years later, the site remains a 'hole in the ground"
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1030+ words) A downtown block across from San Diego City College has sat vacant " paused as if under construction " for more than a decade, after it was stalled by the discovery of a fault line running directly beneath it. In 2014, Liberty National…...
Winter's alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in the Western'U. S.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (938+ words) Your donations power the high-quality news San Diego deserves. Help us reach our $10, 000 goal by April 10." This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Winter is more than just a season in the Western U. S. It is a savings account to get…...
Scripps Institution of Oceanography gets $15m grant for ocean science
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) The Fund for Science and Technology, a new private foundation, granted the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego $15 million for ocean science Tuesday. FFST, funded by the estate of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, was started in…...
Did you feel it? Quake rattles area north of Borrego Springs
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (165+ words) But our comunity journalism can't exist without the support of readers like you. Will you help us reach our fundraising goal? If we reach 100 first-time donors, we'll unlock additional funds! A magnitude 3. 0 earthquake struck 6 miles north of Borrego Springs at…...
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (478+ words) The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades, according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly depleting resource, which is…...