January 25, 2024 – The Conversation
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New York City Is Sinking Under The Weight Of Its Own Buildings
June 16, 2023 – Forbes
Continue reading "New York City Is Sinking Under The Weight Of Its Own Buildings"New York City is sinking, and it’s not alone
GSO scientists found that New York City, just one of many growing coastal cities all over the world that is observed to be subsiding, is sinking at a rate of 1 to 4 millimeters per year.
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NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn
May 17, 2023 – New York Post
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May 17, 2023 – Architectural Digest
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February 10, 2023 – URI Today
Continue reading "URI geosciences faculty discuss earthquake in Turkey, Syria"Meet the SURFOs: Allyson Murray and Whitney Marshall
How about opportunities to explore different aspects of geoscience? Ask Allyson Murray and Whitney Marshall who are spending ten weeks at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography as Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in Oceanography (SURFO). Allyson is a rising senior in Geology and Marine Science at Stockton University. She is working in […]
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Nature – GSO professor Matt Wei quoted Interesting Engineering
Continue reading "Radar shows N. Korea’s nuclear test moved a mountain"GSO’s Matt Wei wins prestigious NSF early career grant
We all know our planet spins, but did you also know it is constantly changing. Earth’s outer crust moves in pieces over melted rock, coming together and spreading apart to reshape the geological landscape. Those interactions—called the theory of plate tectonics—can cause natural disasters, including earthquakes, which are especially destructive. It’s crucial, then, that scientists […]
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