Researchers at the USC-based Statewide California Earthquake Center say powerful, fast-moving quakes could strike the Golden State. They urge stronger building codes and better monitoring.
A vast, previously unknown world of microbial life thrives in some of the planet’s harshest environments. USC experts explain.
It seems the universe somehow completed its first stage of development in just three minutes. “It’s hard to truly grasp how quickly the universe expanded and cooled during those first moments,” USC Dornsife’s Kris Pardo says.
USC research on the vanishing coastlines of Alexandria, Egypt, offers nature-based solutions for protecting coastal cities globally, including those in California.
USC study reveals the inner core is undergoing structural transformation.
USC and SCEC experts are available for interviews on earthquakes, in topics ranging from the physics underlying Earth movements to the financial fallout from natural disasters.
USC Dornsife’s Sylvain Barbot discusses why his new study forces researchers to rethink the fundamental basis of the fault mechanics used in forecasting the seismic activity of earthquakes.
A new study provides clear evidence that the inner core began to decrease its speed around 2010.
A USC researcher hopes a long-term study of a 2021 oil spill will help guide decisions about how to repair affected ecosystems.
USC Earth scientists aid in the exploration of the solar system — including the search for signs of extraterrestrial life.
