The unusual appearance of deep-sea fish like the oarfish or slender ribbonfish in Japanese shallow waters does not mean that an earthquake is about to occur, according to a new statistical analysis.
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LSU Scientist’s Study Shows How Environmental Disruptions Affected Ancient Societies
LSU College of the Coast & Environment Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Day has collaborated with archeologists on a new analysis of societal development.
‘Hot Spots’ Increase Efficiency of Solar Desalination
Rice University’s solar-powered approach for purifying salt water with sunlight and nanoparticles is even more efficient than its creators first believed.
Rebirth of the Japanese Black Tea Market: Challenges for Entrepreneurial Green Tea Farmers
In Japan, tea farms are found in warm areas, whose northern limit is Ibaraki prefecture, where green tea has been produced.
Boaty McBoatface Sheds Light on Warming Ocean Abyss
The debut mission involving the autonomous submarine Autosub Long Range – affectionately known as Boaty McBoatface – has for the first time shed light on a key process linking increasing Antarctic winds to rising sea temperatures.
Zipingpu Reservoir Reveals Climate-Tectonics Interplay Around 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
The roles of "climate change" versus "tectonics" that dominate erosion and sediment transport over geological time scales have long been a hot topic in Earth science.
