BGS in the media Feb 2011
Archive of news and articles featuring BGS science and scientists in Feb 2011
Fri, 25 February 2011
Rock of Ages
Building Conservation
Building Conservation
The story of British granite Ewan Hyslop and Graham Lott Above left: the new Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, completed in 2004, clad mostly using ...
Thu, 24 February 2011
Seismologists blame Christchurch disaster on new fault
The Independent
The Independent
The earthquake that devastated Christchurch is the product of a newly discovered fault line in the Earth's crust
Wed, 23 February 2011
Damp sediments under Christchurch made tremor more violent
Wed, 23 February 2011
An £8.3 million green energy project launched yesterday is already helping Welsh companies turn up the ...
Wed, 23 February 2011
Analysis: Latest aftershock was made worse by its shallow depth
News.Scotsman.com
News.Scotsman.com
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Christchurch at 12:51 local time yesterday was the …
Tue, 22 February 2011
Timing of quake, weakened buildings - major contributors to loss of life 23 Feb 2011 An unusually large aftershock from the September 4 Darfield earthquake is almost certainly to blame for the devastating quake that struck Christchurch yesterday ...
Tue, 22 February 2011
It is in the nature of earthquakes that they tend to cluster in space and time. And Tuesday's damaging tremor in Christchurch is almost certainly related to the much more energetic event that hit the region last September.
Tue, 22 February 2011
The unknown fault that caught out Christchurch
New Scientist Blog
New Scientist Blog
Today's fatal earthquake near Christchurch in New Zealand confirms that a country already riddled with major fault lines has gained another one, say seismologists. Christchurch has never been identified as a major earthquake zone, because …
Fri, 18 February 2011
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Thu, 17 February 2011
Solar flare eruptions set to reach Earth
BBC News - Science & Environment
BBC News - Science & Environment
Science reporter, BBC News Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three eruptions from the Sun rea
Wed, 16 February 2011
Solar flares bring Northern Lights to skies over Britain
Guardian Blogs
Guardian Blogs
The aurora may be visible for several nights as Sun storm brews
Wed, 16 February 2011
Sun unleashes huge solar flare
BBC News - Science & Environment
BBC News - Science & Environment
The Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, observers say. The eruption is a so-called X-flare, the strongest type
Wed, 16 February 2011
Sun unleashes huge solar flare
BBC News UK
BBC News UK
The Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, observers say.
Tue, 15 February 2011
Now deepest secrets of Loch Lomond lie revealed
The Scotsman
The Scotsman
Scotland's largest loch has been mapped for the first time in 150 years
Mon, 14 February 2011
Historic film shows mining town left with sinking feeling
This is Derbyshire.co.uk
This is Derbyshire.co.uk
By catherine oakes coakes@derbytelegraph.co.uk SUBSIDENCE that plagued a Derbyshire minin
Mon, 14 February 2011
Rare-Earth Shortage? Afghans Think They Can Help
International Herald Tribune - The New York Times (Global Edition)
International Herald Tribune - The New York Times (Global Edition)
Filed at 12:01 a.m. EST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As the world faces a shortage of the rare-earth minerals essential to everything from cell phones to hybrid cars, Afghans are dreaming of coming to the rescue with the vast deposits thought to lie bene...
Thu, 10 February 2011
Online House Hunter: Map out your new home
Independent Blogs
Independent Blogs
THE arrival of the local crime and policing website, police.uk, led to a flurry of headlines – particularly those ...
Tue, 8 February 2011
Underwater Ridges Impact Ocean's Flow of Warm Water
Media Newswire
Media Newswire
New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections.
Mon, 7 February 2011
(Nanowerk News) Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) has acquired the XRF laboratories from the British Geological Survey - BGS (Keyworth, United Kingdom).
Thu, 3 February 2011
Underwater Ridges Impact Ocean's Flow of Warm Water; Findings to Improve Climate Models
Science Daily
Science Daily
New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections. An underwater ridge can trap the flow of cold, dense water at the bottom of the ocean.
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