Aaron Sidder

1 week ago | phys.org | Aaron Sidder

The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake struck southern Turkey and Syria along the East Anatolian Fault. The magnitude 7.8 quake and its magnitude 7.5 aftershock devastated the region, killing tens of thousands of people and destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings. Before the earthquake, seismologists warned that the area was ripe for a major seismic event.

1 week ago | eos.org | Aaron Sidder

The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake struck southern Türkiye and Syria along the East Anatolian Fault. The magnitude 7.8 quake and its magnitude 7.5 aftershock devastated the region, killing tens of thousands of people and destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings. Before the earthquake, seismologists warned that the area was ripe for a major seismic event. The region sits at the junction of the Anatolian, Arabian, and Eurasian plates and is rife with faults.

1 month ago | phys.org | Aaron Sidder

The Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) project launched in 2011 to provide regional carbon budgets at continental and oceanic scales. However, its first phase did not examine the 24 countries in the Central and West Asia region, which encompasses the Middle East, because the region's greenhouse gas emissions are underreported.

1 month ago | eos.org | Aaron Sidder

The Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) project launched in 2011 to provide regional at continental and oceanic scales. However, its first phase did not examine the 24 countries in the Central and West Asia region, which encompasses the Middle East, because the region’s greenhouse gas emissions are underreported.

1 month ago | eos.org | Aaron Sidder

This is an authorized translation of an Eos article. Esta es una traducción al español autorizada de un artículo de Eos. Con base en las tasas actuales de emisiones de carbono y las políticas climáticas vigentes, se proyecta que las temperaturas globales promedio aumenten en 2.9°C por encima de los niveles preindustriales para finales de siglo.