Tag: earth science
SubscribeLarge 2012 earthquake triggered temblors worldwide for nearly a week
September 26, 2012:
This year’s largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 temblor on April 11 centered in the East Indian Ocean off Sumatra, did little damage, but it triggered quakes around the world for at least a week, according to a new analysis by UC Berkeley and USGS seismologists. Some large quakes apparently can prime other, very distant faults to break later, says study co-author Roland Burgmann.
Paleontologist and sustainability advocate Bill Berry dies at 79
June 1, 2011:
William B. N. Berry, a paleontologist and long-time advocate of environmental sustainability, died of cancer on May 20 at the age of 79. Berry was former director of the Museum of Paleontology, chair of the Department of Paleontology and director of the Environmental Studies Program.
Jillian Banfield to receive Franklin Medal, L’Oreal-UNESCO award
November 9, 2010:
Jillian Banfield, a biogeochemist and geomicrobiologist, will receive two prestigious awards for her groundbreaking work on how microbes alter rocks and interact with the natural world.
Weird, ultra-small microbes turn up in acidic mine drainage
May 3, 2010:
For nearly a decade, Jillian Banfield and her UC Berkeley colleagues have been studying the microbe community that lives in one of the most acidic environments on Earth: the drainage from a former copper mine in Northern California. One group of these microbes seems to be smaller, and weirder, than any other known, free-living organism.
