Geology
QUEST
Should Fracking Be Banned?
From KQED Education Do Now: On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 three counties in California will decide by ballot whether or not to ban hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as “fracking.” It’s steeped in controversy, from the amount of water it uses to how and where that water--and added chemicals--are eventually disposed. Should fracking be banned? Why or why not?
KQED Science
Activists Push for Public Review of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
An environmental group claims there are unanswered questions about the seismic safety of the Central Coast plant.
KQED Science
South Napa Quake Offers Key Test for Real-Time GPS Detection
The familiar GPS system is being enlisted to help improve earthquake shaking alerts; an experimental system is now operating at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory.
KQED Science
New Paper Outlines Updated Look on San Andreas Fault System
A new study from our local earthquake experts has put new and clearer numbers on the risk of large earthquakes in the Bay Area's future--evidence of new progress in this slow process of enlightenment.
KQED Science
Bay Area Remembers the Loma Prieta Earthquake
The 25th Anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake comes up on Friday, and the Bay Area is full of commemorative events, as well as resource fairs to help people prepare for future quakes.
KQED News
Long After Fracking Stops, The Noise Lives On
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KQED Science
25 Years After the Loma Prieta Earthquake, Are We Safer?
Bay Area taxpayers have spent billions of dollars over the last quarter-century to make our bridges, water pipes and power supplies safer in an earthquake. Experts say that means the Bay Area is much better off now. At the same time, the work is far from over.
KQED Science
Join a Series of Geological Treasure Hunts With Earth Science Week 2014
The annual open-ended celebration of geology and its related sciences takes place all this coming week. See what's happening and where to take part.
KQED Science
Computer-Generated Molecular Models Promise Greener Concrete
More precisely targeted cement would use less calcium and use less energy to create it. A study at MIT exploring the molecular structure of cement promises substantial energy and greenhouse-gas savings in this crucial technology.
KQED Science
Two New Studies Underline How Methane Matters to Global Carbon Cycle
Natural gas is often called a "bridge fuel" that will help ease us off of carbon-based energy. But a study suggests that without policies to push us toward renewables and away from fossil fuels, natural gas will still leave the sky as a waste dump.
KQED Science
Finding Faults: Scientists Close in on Napa Quake Origins
The South Napa Earthquake revealed how much we've yet to learn about seismic faults in the Napa Valley.
KQED Science
USGS Releases a New Mapping Tool to Assist Tsunami Shelter Development
It may happen just once in your lifetime: a large tsunami is coming, big enough to make you run for your life. Where do you go? USGS has released a new tool to help planners plot out shelters in West Coast communities and other tsunami-hazard zones.
KQED Science
California’s Earthquake Early Warning System Is Ready to Get Started
The Third International Conference on Earthquake Early Warning, held in Berkeley last week, was a revealing glimpse of our future, in which we'll get precious seconds of notice before earthquake shaking strikes our lives and buildings.
State of Health
First Death Reported from the Napa Quake
The magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck Aug. 24. (Craig Miller/KQED) A 65-year-old woman who suffered a head injury when a television struck her during last month's earthquake in California's wine country has died — the first death attributed to the magnitude-6.0 quake, sheriff's officials said. Laurie Anne Thompson was at her Napa home during ...Read More
KQED Science
Quake-Revived Streams Could Keep Flowing for a While
The Napa quake jump-started several streams in the Napa and adjoining valleys, but how long they'll run and where the water is coming from is hard to pin down.
KQED Science
Scientists Concerned as San Andreas Fault Observatory Seeks Additional Funds
A few million dollars -- that's all scientists ask for to revive a breakthrough underground laboratory sitting precisely on the San Andreas fault.
KQED Science
Napa Quake Forces Redrawing of Fault Maps
Some surprises emerge, which could lead to additional building restrictions in the Napa Valley.
KQED Science
Now That the Shaking’s Over from the South Napa Earthquake, Read This Comic
Among the helpful advice and resources that government agencies are sharing after the South Napa earthquake, the most effective product may be the newly released comic book "Without Warning."
KQED Science
South Napa Quake: What Scientists Know So Far
Scientists are still trying to find out more about the fault where Sunday’s earthquake occurred. They are focusing on the small West Napa Fault.
KQED Science
UC Berkeley System Gave Early Warning of South Napa Earthquake
Ten seconds before the South Napa Earthquake struck, UC Berkeley’s ShakeAlert detected the quake.
