The course presents theories of basin formation in various types of geotectonic setting, basin infill dynamics, subsidence history and consequences for reservoir and source rock development and the ...

Abstract: With the rapid development of Shunyi region in Beijing, China, the ground fissures maintained slow growth since 1980s under both the nature and human activity impaction. Ground fissures have ...

Several houses were damaged by Sunday’s earthquake. Credit: AMNA Greek seismologists sought to reassure the public following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Thesprotia, Epirus in the early ...

Powerful tremors, the most palpable in recent memory, jolted Calcutta and swathes of south Bengal on Friday afternoon as a magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck neighbouring Bangladesh. The tremors, which ...

Hydropower plant in Bhutan. Recent World Bank funding is helping to strengthen the country’s resilience to natural disasters such as earthquakes. Image: Inside ...

A study reveals how a Greek city survived multiple seismic catastrophes over 3,000 years, adapting each time to the changing environment. The ancient city of Helike, capital of the region of Achaea, ...

The ongoing research has already yielded significant findings, providing tangible evidence of ancient coastal life now submerged. Credit: Public Domain For the first time, Greek researchers are ...

Peripatopsis barnardi represents the first ever species from the little Karoo, which indicates that the area was historically more forested than at present. It is one of seven new species from the ...

A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested than at present. In the ...

Two new tremors were recorded off the coast of Kasos in the early hours of Tuesday, just hours after a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the region. According to seismologists, while the ...

LOCAL governments (LGUs) are playing a much larger role in disaster planning, preparation and mitigation under a new law that expands the mandate of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

MANILA – Having the Phivolcs (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) Modernization Act signed into law is crucial in reducing hazard impacts and marks a "historic step" in boosting the ...