http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion. http://www.physorg.com/news178381626.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:50 EST news178381626 (PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru Alex Song of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, has found that an anomalous layer at the top of a subducting plate coincides with the locations of slow earthquakes and non-volcanic tremors. The presence of such a layer in similar settings elsewhere could point to other regions of slow quakes. Slow earthquakes, also called silent earthquakes, take days, weeks, or even months to release pent-up energy instead of seconds or minutes as in normal earthquakes. The research is published in the April 24th issue of Science. http://www.physorg.com/news159715838.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:31:06 EST news159715838 The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, according to geoscientists. http://www.physorg.com/news158506384.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:33:56 EST news158506384 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new exploration method to assist the oil and gas industry in identifying more precisely where the oceans and continents meet. http://www.physorg.com/news140086933.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:02:13 EST news140086933 Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic rocks? http://www.physorg.com/news137767686.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:48:06 EST news137767686 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny minerals found inside diamonds have provided us with a rare glimpse of the Earth`s deepest secrets. This exciting new research by a team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, is reported today (30 July) in Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news136643180.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:26:20 EST news136643180