//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/natural_disasters/ Natural Disaster News and Research. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis and other natural disasters. Research past events, review predictions by scientists and learn how disaster relief can be most effective. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:46 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:54:46 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/earth_climate/natural_disasters/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121736.htm What is the risk of a volcano erupting? To answer this question, scientists need information about its underlying internal structure. However, gathering this data can take several years of fieldwork, analyses and monitoring, which explains why only 30% of active volcanoes are currently well documented. A team has developed a method for rapidly obtaining valuable information. It is based on three parameters: the height of the volcano, the thickness of the layer of rock separating the volcano's reservoir from the surface, and the average chemical composition of the magma. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:17:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831121736.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824150448.htm Despite the rapid increase in severe flooding, a new article indicates recent floods and droughts in the Amazon River Basin may have not yet exceeded the range of natural hydroclimatic variability. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:04:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230824150448.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122532.htm An international team of scientists found that volcanic eruptions can cause the Pacific Walker Circulation to temporarily weaken, inducing El Niño-like conditions. The results provide important insights into how El Niño and La Niña events may change in the future. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:25:32 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122532.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122342.htm Investment in 'hydromet systems' using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:23:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122342.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122329.htm 干闪电仍然可以是灾难性的,即使有限公司nditions aren't so dry, a study has found. These cloud-to-ground strikes during little to no rainfall were previously thought to pose wildfire danger only if occurring with less than 2.5 mm of rain in a day (about 0.10 inches). A new study of lightning-ignited wildfires in the U.S. West found the strikes caused wildfires despite up to 7.7 mm (about 0.3 inches) of precipitation. While still a low amount of rain, the more accurate estimation could help responders detect fires earlier, especially those known as 'holdovers,' which can smolder for many days before exploding into full-blown wildfires. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:23:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122329.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810110345.htm New research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes or tremors, whose origin was previously a mystery to scientists. The tremors are produced by the same processes that could create large, damaging earthquakes. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:03:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810110345.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807152152.htm Geoscientists have long thought that water -- along with shallow magma stored in Earth's crust -- drives volcanoes to erupt. Now, thanks to newly developed research tools, scientists have learned that gaseous carbon dioxide can trigger explosive eruptions. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:21:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807152152.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807121548.htm Scientists have discovered that the breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of diamond-rich magmas from deep inside the Earth. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:15:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807121548.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803213819.htm Kama?ehuakanaloa (formerly L??ihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i, has erupted at least five times in the last 150 years, according to new research led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 21:38:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803213819.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132010.htm The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:20:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132010.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801105044.htm A new study uses nearly a century of data to show that the average heights of winter waves along the California coast have increased as climate change has heated up the planet. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:50:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801105044.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151555.htm Slow earthquakes are slow-slip phenomena that last many days or months, and you barely notice them. In 2007, researchers proposed how the magnitude and duration of earthquakes vary, which can help differentiate slow and fast earthquakes. Seismologists now bolster the proposed relation with more data. They suggest the presence of a speed limit to slow earthquakes and reveal physical processes that differentiate slow and fast earthquakes. Since slow earthquakes could indicate future fast earthquakes, monitoring and understanding them helps accurately forecast devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:15:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151555.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230724182459.htm Much of central Utah's seismic activity comes in groups of small earthquakes. A study by seismologists examines 2,300 quakes occurring 40 'swarms' dating back to 1981, opening a window into Earth's crust in a geothermally active area. Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:24:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230724182459.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113250.htm Changes in ocean wave and storm conditions have not caused long-term impacts on sandy coastlines in the past 30 years, a new study has found. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:32:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164248.htm Researchers developed a detailed assessment and map of vulnerability to natural disaster of the continental United States. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:42:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164248.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143213.htm Scientists once assumed that flooding and mudslides after wildfires were linked to the waxy coating that builds up on charred soil, preventing water absorption. Researchers found that water flow came from absorbed water in both burnt and unburnt areas, suggesting that water was, in fact, being absorbed into burnt ground. The discovery provides valuable insights into where and when potential flooding and mudslides may occur and how landscapes recover after a wildfire. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:32:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143213.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710133059.htm The unequal distribution of wildfire risk in our society is influenced by various factors, such as social vulnerabilities and intersecting forms of inequality, including gender, age, ethnicity, or disability. A new article calls for more integrated and inclusive wildfire risk management approaches and proposes a novel framework mapping different justice aspects. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 13:30:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710133059.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124555.htm In the wake of Colorado's devastating Marshall Fire, a team of chemists and engineers undertook a first-of-its-kind study to explore homes that survived the blaze. Their results reveal the potential health hazards that wildfires can leave behind in buildings. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124555.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705142941.htm Researchers have optimized a new technique to help forecast how volcanoes will behave, which could save lives and property around the world. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:29:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705142941.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705115131.htm Scientists used seismic data discovered Earth's inner core displays a variety of textures that it acquired will it formed from within the fluid outer core. The data set was generated over the past 27 years by a network of seismometers set up to enforce the nuclear test ban treaty. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:51:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705115131.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230630123235.htm Experiencing traumatic events such as natural disasters may have long-term consequences for the academic progress and future food security of youth -- a problem researchers said could worsen with the increased frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:32:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230630123235.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm Scientists have wondered what happens to the organic and inorganic carbon that Earth's Pacific Plate carries with it as it slides into the planet's interior along the volcano-studded Ring of Fire. A new study suggests a notable amount of such subducted carbon returns to the atmosphere rather than traveling deep into Earth's mantle. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:13:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to believe that scientists already know why, where, when and how long volcanoes will erupt. But a volcanologist said these fundamental questions remain a mystery. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:10:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130502.htm Many factors influence where a landslide will occur, including the shape of the terrain, its slope and drainage areas, the material properties of soil and bedrock, and environmental conditions like climate, rainfall, hydrology and ground motion resulting from earthquakes. Geologists have developed a new technique that uses artificial intelligence to better predict where and why landslides may occur could bolster efforts to protect lives and property in some of the world's most disaster-prone areas. The new method improves the accuracy and interpretability of AI-based machine-learning techniques, requires far less computing power and is more broadly applicable than traditional predictive models. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:05:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130502.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130428.htm An international team has, for the first time, accurately determined the age of the East Anatolian fault, allowing geologists to learn more about its seismic history and tendency to produce earthquakes. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:04:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130428.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130414.htm 地震学家一致认为,前震是最widely identified signal of an upcoming mainshock earthquake. But do these foreshock sequences have distinctive characteristics that separate them from aftershock sequences, and could these characteristics be used to help forecast mainshocks? Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:04:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130414.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164309.htm Researchers analyzed the source processes of the twin earthquakes that caused extensive damage in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023. The results revealed that a complex fault network with bends, steps, and branches controlled the propagation speed and direction of the rupture, leading to hierarchical small to large rupture growth. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:43:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164309.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623105451.htm Researchers have found that the cooling effect that volcanic eruptions have on Earth's surface temperature is likely underestimated by a factor of two, and potentially as much as a factor of four, in standard climate projections. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:54:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230623105451.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120919.htm The first ever 3D seismic imaging of a subducting seamount shows a previously unknown sediment trail in Earth's crust off the coast of New Zealand. Scientists think the sediment patches help release tectonic pressure gradually in slow slip earthquakes instead of violent tremors. The findings will help researchers search for similar patterns at other subduction zones like Cascadia in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:09:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120919.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620174452.htm A team of scientists has observed past episodic intraplate magmatism and corroborated the existence of a partial melt channel at the base of the Cocos Plate. Situated 60 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, the magma channel covers more than 100,000 square kilometers, and originated from the Galápagos Plume more than 20 million years ago, supplying melt for multiple magmatic events -- and persisting today. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:44:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620174452.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113738.htm New research showed that the plume emitted by the Hunga Volcano eruption in 2022 created the highest lightning flash rates ever recorded on Earth, more than any storm ever documented. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:37:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113738.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220611.htm 新发现与先前的假设the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that 'when we're looking for exoplanets that harbor life, the planets do not necessarily need to have plate tectonics,' says the lead author of a new paper. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220611.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125645.htm The new study used a model of volcano fracturing to interpret patterns of earthquakes and ground uplift, and concluded that parts of the volcano had been stretched nearly to breaking point. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:56:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125645.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120950.htm The Daitari greenstone belt shares a similar geologic make-up when compared to the greenstones exposed in the Barberton and Nondweni areas of South Africa and those from the Pilbara Craton of north-western Australia. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:09:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120950.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230606164836.htm Geochemists report findings from collected and analyzed helium and carbon isotopic data from springs along a nearly 250-mile segment of Alaska's Denali Fault. The fault's mantle fluid flow rates, they report, fall in the range observed for the world's other major and active strike-slip faults that form plate boundaries. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:48:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230606164836.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160150.htm Underwater volcanism and its hydrothermal activity play an important role in marine biogeochemical cycles, especially the carbon cycle. But the nature of hydrothermal activity at 'petit-spot' volcanoes have not been revealed at all. Now, scientists reveal that petit-spot hydrothermal activity occurs on the deepest seafloor known to date and could release carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane, which may have implications for the global carbon cycle. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:01:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160150.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181903.htm Seismologists used a powerful supercomputer that incorporated data-infused and physics-based models to identify the link between the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:19:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181903.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of ~24-125 years of the country's industrial emissions. For context, in 2022 a total of 42.6 megatons (0.0426 gigatons) of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere by international carbon capture and storage efforts, according to the Global CCS Institute. The new study suggests that carbon capture and storage in offshore underwater volcanoes could be a promising new direction for removal and storage of much larger volumes of the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Tue, 23 May 2023 18:49:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522131339.htm Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated with disruption of satellite-based communications. Their findings also suggest that a long-held atmospheric model should be revised. Mon, 22 May 2023 13:13:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230522131339.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172043.htm A new study found that as woody plants like shrubs and trees replace herbaceous plants like grasses, spot fires can occur farther away from the original fire perimeter. Thu, 18 May 2023 17:20:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172043.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120827.htm Scientists found weak, biologically-rich layers of sediments hundreds of meters beneath the seafloor which crumbled as oceans warmed and ice sheets declined. The landslides were discovered in the eastern Ross Sea in 2017, by an international team of scientists during the Italian ODYSSEA expedition, and scientists revisited the area in 2018 as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 374 where they collected sediment cores to understand what caused them. Thu, 18 May 2023 12:08:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120827.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517122137.htm By combining the scientific powerhouses of genetics and geology, researchers have identified a new area of coastal uplift, which had been hiding in plain sight. Wed, 17 May 2023 12:21:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517122137.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230425111152.htm 研究人员开发c的一个早期预警系统ombines acoustic technology with AI to immediately classify earthquakes and determine potential tsunami risk. They propose using underwater microphones, called hydrophones, to measure the acoustic radiation produced by the earthquake, which carries information about the tectonic event and travels significantly faster than tsunami waves. The computational model triangulates the source of the earthquake and AI algorithms classify its slip type and magnitude. It then calculates important properties like effective length and width, uplift speed, and duration, which dictate the size of the tsunami. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:11:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230425111152.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230421092025.htm Faults in the Ridgecrest, California area were very sensitive to solid earth tidal stresses in the year and a half before the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:20:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230421092025.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420171646.htm Tsunami deposits identified in a coastal mangrove pond in Northwest Puerto Rico could have come from a megathrust earthquake at the Puerto Rico Trench that occurred between 1470 and 1530, according to new research. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:16:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420171646.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420135304.htm Using remote sensing, geophysicists have documented the massive Feb. 6 quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Eastern Turkey and toppled more than 100,000 buildings. Alarmingly, researchers found that a section of the fault remains unbroken and locked -- a sign that the plates there may, when friction intensifies, generate another magnitude 6.8 earthquake when it finally gives way. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:53:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420135304.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420110151.htm 尽管大多数农用地的经济损失trated in California and along the West Coast due to that region's high seismic hazard levels, significant population, and building exposure, earthquake risk is spread throughout the country. For example, there is a combined $3.1 billion per year in projected losses across the central U.S., Rocky Mountain region, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:01:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420110151.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419125108.htm Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active subduction zones come into being, however, is still under debate. An example of this is the volcanic Lesser Antilles arc in the Caribbean. A research team recently developed models that simulated the occurrences in the Caribbean region during the Cretaceous, when a subduction event in the Eastern Pacific led to the formation of a new subduction zone in the Atlantic. The computer simulations show how the collision of the old Caribbean plateau with the Greater Antilles arc contributed to the creation of this new Atlantic subduction zone. Some 86 million years ago, the triggered processes subsequently resulted in a major mantle flow and thus to the development of the Caribbean large igneous province. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:51:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419125108.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101410.htm Over the past 40 years, the financial losses caused by biological invasions have been equivalent to those caused by various types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods or storms; however, according to scientists, they are now increasing at a faster pace. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:14:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101410.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230414201818.htm The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. The 15-megaton volcanic explosion from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, one of the largest natural explosions in more than a century, generated a mega-tsunami with waves up to 45-meters high (148 feet) along the coast of Tonga's Tofua Island and waves up to 17 meters (56 feet) on Tongatapu, the country's most populated island. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:18:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230414201818.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154305.htm Wildfires. Many see them as purely destructive forces, disasters that blaze through a landscape, charring everything in their paths. But a new study reminds us that wildfires are also generative forces, spurring biodiversity in their wakes. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:43:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154305.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413011805.htm Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate, according to a new study. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:18:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413011805.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm Material left on the seafloor by bronze-age underwater volcanic eruptions is helping researchers better understand the size, hazards and climate impact of their parent eruptions, according to new research. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:05:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411105909.htm Research shows flooding events in the province have doubled in the last century. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:59:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411105909.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411105851.htm Oceanographers discovered warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up from the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport. They named the unique underwater spring 'Pythia's Oasis.' Observations suggest the spring is sourced from water 2.5 miles beneath the seafloor at the plate boundary, regulating stress on the offshore subduction zone fault. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:58:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411105851.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112107.htm By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history's largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers drew on readings of 12th and 13th century European and Middle Eastern chronicles, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of the biggest volcanic eruptions the world has ever seen. Their results uncover new information about one of the most volcanically active periods in Earth's history, which some think helped to trigger the Little Ice Age, a long interval of cooling that saw the advance of European glaciers. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:21:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112107.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404161708.htm Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours -- from planting rain gardens to installing green roofs. But in many cases, nothing works quite as well as a simple hole in the ground -- a detention basin. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:17:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404161708.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404140735.htm Researchers used small zircon crystals to unlock information about magmas and plate tectonic activity in early Earth. The research provides chemical evidence that plate tectonics was most likely occurring more than 4.2 billion years ago when life is thought to have first formed on our planet. This finding could prove beneficial in the search for life on other planets. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:07:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404140735.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145511.htm Engaging communities in developing a real-time early warning system could help to reduce the often-devastating impact of flooding on people and property -- particularly in mountainous regions where extreme water events are a 'wicked' problem, a new study reveals. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:55:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230328145511.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230324093518.htm Volcanic relics scattered throughout the Australian landscape are a map of the northward movement of the continent over a 'hotspot' inside the Earth, during the last 35 million years. Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:35:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230324093518.htm