Poor Construction Contributed to China’s Earthquake Losses June 7, 2008 | Associated Press Low quality construction in residences, schools and other buildings contributed significantly to... Evacuations Below China’s Quake Lake May 31, 2008 | MSN Authorities in China gave evacuation orders to 200,000 people living downstream from... 2008 Earthquake Summary February 7, 2009 | USGS USGS has a page on the Earthquake Hazards Program website that links... “Missing Link” Dinosaur Discovered in Montana October 7, 2007 | National Geographic A new species of ceratopsian dinosaur has been discovered in Montana. ... Draining China’s Landslide Dams June 11, 2008 | Earth Observatory Earth Observatory has a short article and satellite image pair related to... Huge Pterosaur Discovered December 6, 2008 | National Geographic A new species of pterosaur has been discovered in Brazil. With a... Earthquakes Off Vancouver Island August 29, 2008 | Canada.com About two dozen earthquakes occurred this week off the coast of northern... China Earthquake: Magnitude 7.8 Strikes Eastern Sichuan May 12, 2008 | USGS A major earthquake struck western China today, at 2:28 PM local time.... Huge Cracks in Arctic Ice Cap May 28, 2008 | BBC Scientists traveling through Canada's far north were astonished to see major new... Wilkins Ice Shelf Update April 5, 2009 | CNN The Wilkins Ice Shelf is still rifting from the Antarctic Peninsula. ... US Cracks Down on Oil Speculators June 19, 2008 | BBC News Oil prices are volatile and rising. This is hitting American consumers... Tiny Pterosaur Fossil Found in China February 14, 2008 | National Geographic Chinese and Brazilian scientists have discovered one of the smallest pterosaurs known.... One Billion Tons of Iron Ore Found in China January 25, 2008 | News.cn A massive iron ore deposit has been discovered in the Liaoning Province... Impact of Huge Earthquakes on Cities April 15, 2009 | MSN.com Researchers at CalTech are working on simulations of powerful earthquakes in large... Shake Maps from USGS Earthquake Hazards Program July 12, 2007 | USGS National Earthquake Information Center USGS has a large collection of shake maps for global earthquakes accumulated... Natural Hazard “Death Map” December 18, 2008 | Fox News Researchers at the University of South Carolina have developed a natural hazards... Archaeology Dig at Oxford November 10, 2009 | University of Oxford The University of Oxford was preparing for a new observatory when they... Smog From Asia Reaches the US West Coast February 11, 2010 | AOL News Air pollution from Asia is being carried by winds and reaching the... Get Automated Emails When Earthquakes Occur November 17, 2009 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program The United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program provides automated free email... Canada’s Largest Ice Shelf Breaks Up August 6, 2008 | MSN Video Video: A seven-square mile portion of Canada's largest ice shelf broke... |