Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past. A USC geophysicist explains.
Underground heat and sediment patterns control how earthquakes behave along one of the most dangerous faults in the eastern Mediterranean.
Laurie Barge, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, investigates the origins of life on Earth to make sense of how life could form on other planets.
A USC PhD candidate explains how geological knowledge of North Korea’s nuclear test site could provide deeper insights into the nation’s weapons capability.
What came first: the bipedal human ancestor or the grassland encroaching on the forest?
