BGS in the media Mar 2011
Archive of news and articles featuring BGS science and scientists in Mar 2011
Wed, 30 March 2011
Scotland soils 'need better protection' says report
BBC News Scotland
BBC News Scotland
Climate change, housing and heavy farm machinery have been identified as threats to Scotland's soils
Thu, 24 March 2011
First attempts to calculate Tokyo's quake risk
New Scientist
New Scientist
As if the thousands killed, injured or displaced by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami hasn't caused the country enough distress, there are now reports that the megaquake may have increased the chance of a major earthquake hitting Tokyo.
Thu, 24 March 2011
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have left an estimated 20,000 people dead, and many more are missing or homeless. Margaret McCartney wonders why the world's media are more concerned with hyping the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...
Thu, 24 March 2011
Understanding the huge forces that bring total disaster
this is Nottingham
this is Nottingham
Guest column:Understanding the huge forces that bring total disaster By Professor Dave Tappin THE earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 brought home yet again the devastating impact of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes ...
Tue, 22 March 2011
Earth Observation Taken to Mars
GEO Place
GEO Place
The ITC Faculty of the University of Twente is now involved with geo-information science and earth observation.
Tue, 22 March 2011
Recipe for disaster
Guardian.co.uk
Guardian.co.uk
(19 March), reporting a reader's discovery of a Sainsbury's recipe leaflet including an item headed 'Pretty in bonfire of grudges'
Mon, 21 March 2011
Japan's quake may have loaded pressure on fault line closer to Tokyo, geologists warn
Washington Post
Washington Post
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The recent monster quake that hit northeastern Japan altered the earth's surface, geologists say, loading stress onto a different segment of the fault line much closer to Tokyo.
Mon, 21 March 2011
New Fault Line Stress Could Trigger Tokyo Quake
The New York Times
The New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Geologists say a powerful earthquake could strike near Tokyo because the recent monster that hit northeastern Japan altered the earth's surface, loading stress onto a segment of the fault line near the capital.
Thu, 17 March 2011
National Flooding Exercise Hones use of Satellites to Improve Disaster Mitigation
Spatialnews - Geo Community
Spatialnews - Geo Community
Last week a team of space experts led by British company DMCii participated in a national flooding exercise, 'Exercise Watermark', to determine how satellite imagery, satellite communications and satellite navigation could be used to improve UK ...
Thu, 17 March 2011
Social media for science: Geological perspective
Scientific American - Blog
Scientific American - Blog
Last week, I spent a pleasant hour over lunch talking to my 60-year-old aunt and her 80-something husband about 'this Twitter thing' and how one defines a blog.
Tue, 15 March 2011
Exercise hones use of satellites for disasters
GeoConnexion
GeoConnexion
Last week a team of space experts led by British company DMCii participated in a national flooding exercise
Tue, 15 March 2011
Japan tsunami 'could be 1,000-year event'
BBC News UK
BBC News UK
Tsunamis on the scale that hit north-east Japan last week may strike the region about once every 1,000 years
Mon, 14 March 2011
Scientists estimate the Captain sandstone could hold emissions from power stations in Scotland
Mon, 14 March 2011
On Friday an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Japan, the largest earthquake on record to hit the country. To help make sense of the quake and its consequences, TIME spoke to Alice Walker, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey.
Mon, 14 March 2011
How the quake has moved Japan
BBC News - Science & Environment
BBC News - Science & Environment
Science reporter, BBC News The coast of Japan has been transformed by the quake and tsunami Japan's coastline may have shifted ...
Sat, 12 March 2011
Japan earthquake 'could trigger more tremors'
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Seismologist Dr Roger Musson says the earthquake in Japan could lead to further tremors in the region.
Sat, 12 March 2011
Japan left devastated by earthquake and tsunami
Independent.ie
Independent.ie
The earthquake which rocked Japan today was 8,000 times more powerful than the one that devastated Christchurch in New Zealand last month, experts said.
Fri, 11 March 2011
Japan earthquake was 8,000 times more powerful than New Zealand quake, say Edinburgh scientists
Stv.tv
Stv.tv
British Geological Survey in Edinburgh says the Japanese earthquake ...
Fri, 11 March 2011
'This is a very large earthquake'
BBC - Today
BBC - Today
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake has struck Japan
Fri, 4 March 2011
There's a thin line between excitement and bad taste, and teachers must know what it is It could have been a tough gig. I had promoted the course as useful for the new Higher physics, but two working days before it, a rumour broke out that the changes
Wed, 2 March 2011
Gordon Brown's government was taken 'completely by surprise' by the volcanic ash cloud
Tue, 1 March 2011
Best of UK research showcased during March
Alpha Galileo
Alpha Galileo
27 March 2011 Location: around the UK The origins of life, social networking, space exploration and ...
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