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Wired
December 2006
John Geirland |
The Sound of Silence The emerging science of infrasound may help track or even predict earthquakes and other disasters.   |
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever |
Today's Volcano Risks Active volcanoes pose a threat to commercial aircraft, engendering course diversions around potential danger spots. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Kieron Murphy |
Q&A: Paul G. Richards, Nuclear Arms Seismologist An interview with the Mellon Professor of the Natural Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University on the science of detecting and measuring nuclear weapons test explosions. |
Popular Mechanics
October 11, 2006
Alex Hutchinson |
Nuke Watch: How Scientists Sniffed Out N. Korea This timely exclusive looks at nuclear detection technology and finds out just how tough it is to hide a weapons blast. |
Geotimes
October 2004 |
Geophenomena An Ashen Threat to Aviation Safety... Volcano Refuge Ends... |
Popular Mechanics
February 4, 2009
Douglas Fox |
Redoubt Volcano's Rumblings Threaten The World's Third Largest Air Cargo Hub Twenty years ago KLM flight 867 made an emergency landing after encountering Volcano Redoubt's ash. With recent rumblings from the ominous volcano, can vulcanologists prevent future Redoubt-caused flight interference? |
Geotimes
July 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Monitoring the Most Dangerous U.S. Volcanoes An assessment of the risks and hazards associated with volcanoes has led U.S. researchers to suggest a plan of action for avoiding future disasters, including threats to airplanes and populations living around these features. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Jean Kumagai |
Wade Bortz: Sound and Surf How this 32-year old engineer became a designer, installer and troubleshooter of infrasonic arrays used to monitor the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Megan Sever |
Ecuadorian Volcano Erupts, Kills 5 Tungurahua, one of Ecuador's "big three" volcanoes, once again ramped up its eruption, triggering emergency evacuations. At least five people were killed, many have been injured, and at least another 60 people are missing from villages that were destroyed by the eruption. |
Geotimes
October 2004 |
Mount St. Helens Erupts More than a week after seismic activity began, Mount St. Helens in Washington has now erupted a thick plume of white steam and light ash reaching as high as 15,000 feet |
Geotimes
April 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Ocean Waves Drive Earth's Hum High-energy near-shore waves are the main source of energy for the constant seismic background noise known as Earth's "hum." |
Geotimes
November 2007
Feldman & Tilling |
Danger Lurks Deep: The Human Impact of Volcanoes Volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, yet have the potential to unleash some of the most destructive forces on Earth. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Peter Coy |
Airlines: Planning for Volcanic Ash Earlier successes in dealing with ash had made the airline carriers complacent this time around. |
Outside
February 2005
Mark Sundeen |
Eruptus Interruptus Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Thar she... might blow! When Mount St. Helens threatened to go erupt again, disaster groupies rushed to the crater--and hoped for the worst. |
Insurance & Technology
March 24, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Alaska's Mount Redoubt Erupts; Insurers Stand By Several eruptions have begun to rain ash on Alaska's Susitna Valley, prompting an ash advisory from the National Weather Service and stepped-up preparations by Zurich/Farmers. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Megan Sever |
Indonesian Volcanoes Erupt On Tuesday, two volcanoes erupted to life in Indonesia, killing at least two people, injuring others and forcing the evacuation of thousands. |
Chemistry World
May 27, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Getting to grips with volcanic ash As the disruption to air travel caused by the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland subsides, researchers are taking a close look at volcanic ash to try to understand how hazardous it is to both aircraft engines and human health. |
