The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

When Texas Started Shaking More Than California In 2023, Texas and California were nearly tied for the number of magnitude 3 and larger earthquakes, which is honestly kind of wild when you think about ...

To date, our group has investigated multiple aspects on induced earthquakes and their impact on infrastructure. Aspects of this completed research include how much the seismic hazard has increased, ...

A rock sample is compressed in this apparatus. The sample is fitted with many sensors to detect acoustic emissions, i.e. micro-earthquakes. Man-made earthquakes, so called induced seismicity, have ...

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday, July 26, 2024. The U.S.

According to a news release by the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, a Canadian-German research team have documented a new type of earthquake in an injection field in British Columbia, Canada. Unlike ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

Subsurface carbon sequestration -- storing carbon in rocks deep underground -- offers a partial solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Used alongside emissions reductions, geologic carbon ...