All Entries Tagged With: "geology"
KAKU ON EARTH’S INNER CORE
Is the earth’s inner core slowing down and possibly reversing in spin? It sounds like the plot of a blockbuster doomsday sci-fi movie, but this is real science. Scientists at Beijing University believe the core of the earth might soon reverse direction. Physicist/Futurist, Dr. Michio Kaku, author of the bestselling book, THE GOD EQUATION: The Quest for a Theory of Everything appeared on CNN to discuss these findings and help separate fact from fiction. WATCH NOW!
CNN.COM — Earth’s inner core may have stopped turning…
KAKU ON LATEST MEXICO EARTHQUAKE
More than 200 people lost their lives in Mexico City on Tuesday to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered in Mexico‘s state of Puebla. It remains to be seen if this seismic activity is related to the magnitude 8.1 quake that struck a nearby region just two weeks prior but most experts agree that a significant aftershock is all but imminent. CBS NEWS science and futurist contributor, Dr. Michio Kaku, spoke to CBSN on how earthquakes work and why this one was so devastating. WATCH NOW!
MORE MEXICO QUAKE – BONUS BROADCAST
Dr. Kaku joined an earlier CBSN broadcast via telephone as news of the Mexico earthquake was first hitting. WATCH BONUS!
KAKU ON CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE STUDY
Is Southern California due for a major, possibly catastrophic, earthquake? Geologists of a new study say a quake of magnitude 7.5 or higher is long overdue to hit the area along the San Andreas Fault north of Los Angeles. CBS News science and futurist contributor Dr. Michio Kaku joins ‘CBS This Morning’ to size up the threat. WATCH NOW!
