Glacial Erosion Changes Mountain Responses To Plate Tectonics
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST
Intense glacial erosion has not only carved the surface of the highest coastal mountain range on earth, the spectacular St. Elias range in Alaska, but has elicited a structural response from deep within the mountain.
Can China's Future Earthquakes Be Predicted?
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
On May 12, 2008, at 2:28 p.m., China's Szechwan province changed forever. In the space of 90 seconds, an earthquake equivalent to 1,200 H-bombs pulverized the earth's crust for more than 280 kilometers. Entire cities disappeared and eight million homes were swallowed up. This resulted in 70,000 deaths and 20,000 missing. According to one researcher, this tragedy could have been avoided. "There hasn't been one earthquake in Szechwan province for 300 years. Chinese authorities thought the fault was dead," he says.
Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life, Scientists Find
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST
Evolution isn't just for living organisms. Scientists have found that the mineral kingdom co-evolved with life, and that up to two thirds of the more than 4,000 known types of minerals on Earth can be directly or indirectly linked to biological activity. The finding could aid scientists in the search for life on other planets.
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The Moon View
A newly restored 1966 image of a younger planet Earth framed by the surface of the Moon conveys a feeling of innocence hanging over the planet.
Now in Sight: Far-Off Planets
 Images released on Thursday are believed to be the first pictures of planets orbiting stars other than the sun.
Vials From Miller-Urey Experiment Offer New Hints on Origin of Life
Recent analysis of vials of the 1953 experiment has revealed that not all results that could be yielded had been so.
From Old Vials, New Hints on Origin of Life
Researchers who have taken a second look at a classic 1953 experiment say it points to volcanoes as perhaps a more likely environment for where life originated.
A Call to Action, for Earth and Profit
In “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” Thomas L. Friedman embraces going green not just as a national security imperative but also as an economic El Dorado.
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