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11/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: Injecting wastewater deep underground is responsible for the surge of earthquakes in Oklahoma and other regions

Have you been wondering what is causing the recent spate of earthquakes in Oklahoma and the rest of the United States? In an article on PBS NewsHour, researchers warned that these quakes are caused by underground injections of wastewater. Fracking and other enhanced oil recovery methods create a lot of contaminated water as a byproduct. To […]

09/15/2018 / By David Williams

Deciphering earthquake patterns: Scientists examining sediment cores determine large quakes are not as random as previously thought

Earthquakes can be devastating primarily because of two things: first, they tend to have massively destructive power; and second, they are largely unpredictable. Indeed, because of the seemingly random occurrences of most earthquakes, they usually leave behind huge amounts of destruction. Now a new team of researchers has gathered data to prove that, despite all […]

08/24/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Factoring in turbulence leads to breakthrough in tornado forecasting, translating to increased warning times

Disaster preparedness is important no matter which state you live in. Two researchers from Western University have revealed that they devised a method that can give warnings at least 20 minutes before a tornado hits. Even a warning given several seconds before a storm hits can spell the difference between safety and total catastrophe. Anna Hocking, […]

08/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists develop an extremely small and sensitive chip that can detect you by your smell

Following a disaster such as an earthquake, search-and-rescue (SAR) dogs are often brought in to locate people trapped beneath the rubble. Their life-saving efforts may soon be supported by a new detection device that can sniff out the scent of humans just as keenly as dogs can, an article in Science Daily states. Developed by […]

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