boulders

‘Rock clocks’ made from balanced boulders improve the accuracy of earthquake forecasts

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Delicately balanced boulders have been used to create a ‘rock clock’ that can improve the accuracy of earthquake severity predictions by up 50 per cent.  Imperial College London researchers created a new severe earthquake forecasting model using information from formations of precariously balanced rocks (PBRs). PBRs, rock formations where a ‘slender boulder’ is delicately perched … Read more

Environment: Greenpeace vows to continue dropping boulders onto Dogger Bank to stop harmful trawling

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Greenpeace has vowed to continue dropping boulders into the North Sea — as to stop trawling of the Dogger Bank marine reserve — despite Government objection. According to the environmental organisation, the Government has failed to provide adequate protection for the sandbank, home to crabs, starfish, flatfish and sand eels. These marine creatures are food for … Read more