Earth Sciences146
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Suburban Seismology
Three minor earthquakes struck North Jersey last month. Yes, Jersey. Turns out the state known for its turnpikes and shopping malls also has a major geological landmark: the Ramapo Fault, which crosses into New York and Pennsylvania. “Earthquakes are not unexpected here,” seismologist Won-Young Kim told The New York Times. “It’s just an indication that…
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Pole of Inaccessibility
Hidden beneath 2.5 miles of ice, the Gamburtsev Mountains in eastern Antarctica are the most mysterious peaks on Earth. Michael Studinger, a scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, helped lead a recent expedition to map these invisible mountains using geophysical instruments. He will speak this Sunday about his trip. He answers a few questions here: Q:…
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Foot Forward
In 1968, 14-year-old Paul Olsen of suburban Livingston, N.J., and his friend Tony Lessa heard that dinosaur tracks had been found in a nearby quarry. They raced over on their bikes. “I went ballistic,” Olsen recalls. Over the next few years, the boys uncovered and studied thousands of tracks and other fossils there, often working into the night. It opened the…
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Geologists Map Rocks to Soak CO2 From Air
6,000 Square Miles in U.S. Might Turn Emissions to Harmless Solids
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Major Drilling Ship Back at Sea
JOIDES Resolution to Range From Bering Sea to Antarctic
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J. Lamar Worzel, Physicist Who Set Man’s Ear to Oceans
A wizardly improviser who guided sub warfare and charting of depths
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Rocks Could Be Harnessed to Sponge Vast Amounts of Carbon Dioxide from Air, Say Researchers
Proposed Method Would Speed Natural Reactions a Million Times
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Geologist Who Linked Cosmic Strike to Dinosaurs’ Extinction Takes Top Prize
The Vetlesen, on Level with Nobel, Goes to Walter Alvarez
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Urban Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs and 9/11
Seismologist Honored for Work Local and Global
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