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... 2008 Earthquake Summary February 7, 2009 | USGS USGS has a page on the Earthquake Hazards Program website that links... Evacuations Below China’s Quake Lake May 31, 2008 | MSN Authorities in China gave evacuation orders to 200,000 people living downstream from... “Missing Link” Dinosaur Discovered in Montana October 7, 2007 | National Geographic A new species of ceratopsian dinosaur has been discovered in Montana. ... Earthquakes Off Vancouver Island August 29, 2008 | Canada.com About two dozen earthquakes occurred this week off the coast of northern... 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... 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.... 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... Huge Cracks in Arctic Ice Cap May 28, 2008 | BBC Scientists traveling through Canada's far north were astonished to see major new... Tiny Pterosaur Fossil Found in China February 14, 2008 | National Geographic Chinese and Brazilian scientists have discovered one of the smallest pterosaurs known.... Impact of Huge Earthquakes on Cities April 15, 2009 | MSN.com Researchers at CalTech are working on simulations of powerful earthquakes in large... 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... Wilkins Ice Shelf Update April 5, 2009 | CNN The Wilkins Ice Shelf is still rifting from the Antarctic Peninsula. ... Natural Hazard “Death Map” December 18, 2008 | Fox News Researchers at the University of South Carolina have developed a natural hazards... US Cracks Down on Oil Speculators June 19, 2008 | BBC News Oil prices are volatile and rising. This is hitting American consumers... Satellite Images of Tangjiashan Lake and Landslide Dam – China June 10, 2008 | Earth Observatory The May 12th earthquake in China triggered many large landslides that dammed... Over 1/2 of World Population Exposed to Major Natural Hazards August 23, 2009 | Columbia University Earth Institute The World Bank published a report in 2005 titled: "Natural Disaster... Enormous New Ring Discovered Around Saturn October 8, 2009 | NASA NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn --... 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Guatemala Coast June 13, 2007 | CNN A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has occurred about twenty miles off of Guatemala's... |