News tagged with geophysical journal international

CSI: Pisco, Peru -- Study uncovers tectonic events behind earthquake

Apr 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007. The event killed 595 people, while another 318 were missing. Tsunami waves were observed locally, off the shore ...

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Volcano ground rising near Naples, Italy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 26, 2007 | 3.7 / 5 (16) | 0

Geologists are reporting the ground at the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, Italy, is undergoing renewed uplift.

Two 'new' greenhouse gases growing

Space & Earth / Environment

Mar 24, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (20) | 11

Two new greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US and CSIRO scientist, Dr Paul Fraser, from the ...

Data-driven computational method created

Other Sciences / Mathematics

May 29, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (20) | 0

A U.S. statistician has created a data-driven computational approach that's revealing secrets about the inner Earth, as well as gene expression.

Interfering with the Global Positioning System

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 09, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (10) | 0

You can't always trust your GPS gadget. As scientists have long known, perplexing electrical activity in the upper atmospheric zone called the ionosphere can tamper with signals from GPS satellites.

Earth's temperature linked to earthquakes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (19) | 1

Spanish scientists have linked the temperature of the Earth's crust to the planet's seismic activity.

Mercury's 'tail' is longer than thought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 27, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (12) | 2

U.S. scientists have used sodium atoms to determine Mercury's comet-like tail is much longer than had been thought.

Scientists Use High-energy Particles from Space to Probe Thunderstorms

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 01, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark it should behave like ...

Warming oceans may diminish length of day

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 07, 2007 | 3.1 / 5 (19) | 0

German scientists say a redistribution of ocean waters caused by global warming will likely affect the Earth's rotation and the length of days.

1859 solar flare, ozone depletion studied

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 22, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 0

U.S. scientists believe an 1859 solar flare destroyed more of the Earth's ozone than did a 1989 solar flare -- the strongest ever monitored by satellite.