Intermountain West Region

Aerial view of Holocene fault scarp on the Wasatch fault, near American Fork Canyon, Utah The differential motion between the North American, Pacific, and Juan de Fuca plates is causing deformation... 

Earthquakes

Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA 2010 September 29 17:11:24 UTC Date-Time: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:11:24 UTC Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:11:24... 

• Strong earthquake rocks New Zealand’s South Island
• Magnitude 5.7 – NORTHERN IRAN

Volcanoes

Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the... 

• ECUADOR – Tungurahua volcano
• Volcanoes

Tsunamis

Tsunami in Indonesia and deaths increase after Sumatra quake

More than 100 people have been killed and many are missing after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Scores of houses were destroyed by waves after the... 

• Tsunami and Earthquake Reporting

Geological Hazards

Intermountain West Region

Aerial view of Holocene fault scarp on the Wasatch fault, near American Fork Canyon, Utah The differential motion between the North American, Pacific, and Juan de Fuca plates is causing... 

• Reducing Hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
• Assessing the Seismic Hazards of Afghanistan

Instability

Landslides

Very gradual ground shifts are known to precede major landslides. Often these are on a scale of millimetres – too slight to even be noticed by local observers, but enough to be detected... 

Science

Transits of Venus 2012

Stargazers from across the globe gathered together to watch one of the rarest astronomical spectacles today. From the U.S. and UK to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention... 

• Star Cluster Surrounds Wayward Black Hole in Cannibal Galaxy
• Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 Two-dimensional material graphene

Technology

Hybrid Car Environment

There are many positive effects of using a hybrid car on the environment, and this is one of the main reasons why many people have chosen to buy a hybrid over a conventional gas-powered automobile.... 

• One Mobile per Person Save the Environment
• NASA Technology Could Aid in Interpretation of Mammograms, Ultrasound, Other Medical Imagery 10.14.10

Environment

Recycling Your Old Handbags

However much we love the newly purchased handbags, they will turn old and would likely be put away or even thrown away by us as new ones are pushing in to replace them. Throwing the old bags... 

• One Mobile per Person Save the Environment
• Tiger “clusters” seen as last hope for species: study