In a study appearing in Science Advances, the researchers report that episodes of heavy snowfall and rain likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes over the past several years in northern Japan ...
Earthquakes are caused by a sudden movement along faults within the Earth, but new research by MIT scientists suggests that heavy snowfall and rain could play a role play in setting off tremors.
When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made clear, it’s the collision of tectonic plates and the movement of ...
Sitting on top of four major tectonic plates, Japan is one of the countries most at risk of earthquakes. That fact was demonstrated in tragic and dramatic fashion on Jan. 1, when a magnitude 7.6 ...
A patch of heavy rain might force you to change your plans for a few days. But for the residents of a few Japanese districts, torrential showers have begun to shake up a little more than their ...
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) The Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Monday issued a heavy rain advisory for some parts in southern Taiwan due to a strengthening cloud system. The advisory was issued ...
Taipei, June 2 (CNA) With a weather front bringing moisture to all of Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued heavy rain advisories for 10 cities and counties south of Miaoli ...
The Provincial Meteorological Center in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday predicted rain with moderate to heavy snowfall over the hilly areas in next 24 hours. Meanwhile, Home Minister Balochistan Mir ...
If the Antarctic ice sheet stopped melting, it would take nearly 200 years to rebuild the lost ice, researchers say. This startling finding comes in the wake of a study into ways of slowing the ...
Safety, Environment and Technology Supervision Research Institute of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, Chengdu 610041, China Shale Gas Evaluation and Exploitation Key Laboratory of ...